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Just
as oil rises to the top of a pot submerged in water, your virtue, your
goodness, your faith, or generosity will rise to the top, and that is
what will carry you to your next destination.
- The Buddha, "The Best Possible Habit" |
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The Happiness of Uncertainty
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Part
of the reason we try to understand the causes of our experience is that
we believe we can make these experiences happen again. The problem is,
understanding also makes the experience less valuable, because we adapt
to it. It?s surprising things, uncertain things, things we don?t fully
comprehend that seem to bring us the greatest and longest-lasting
happiness.
- Daniel Gilbert, "The Pleasure Paradox" |
“What we're asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We're just asking to do the same thing.” Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s the lead plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court that this month could change gay rights in America forever. And in an exclusive interview with Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric, he explains why.You might need a tissue for this clip.
“It's scary to think about having the highest court in the land rule that you really are a second-class citizen and you don't deserve the same rights, the same protections, the same responsibilities as other people.” His case, Obergefell v. Hodges, rests on two questions. One is whether the Constitution requires a state where same-sex marriage is not legal to recognize a marriage licensed in a state where it is legal. The other question is whether the Constitution requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex — in other words, whether same-sex marriage should be legal nationwide.
While the status of a “Sodomite Suppression Act” proposed state ballot initiative remains in limbo, proponents of a rival “Intolerant Jackass Act” initiative were cleared by state Secretary of State Alex Padilla to begin collecting signatures Wednesday. The rival initiative would force the filer of the Sodomite Suppression Act or any similar initiative to attend sensitivity training and donate $5,000 to a pro-gay or pro-lesbian organization. When Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin filed the Sodomite Suppression Act earlier this year, which would make homosexuality punishable by death, it set off a nationwide backlash for its evident hatred and dubious constitutionality. Attorney General Kamala Harris sought a court injunction rescinding her obligation to prepare a title and summary for the initiative, a necessary step before proponents can begin gathering the 365,880 signatures necessary to get it on the ballot.The Intolerant Jackass Act was filed by activist Charlotte Laws in late March. Last month the California Assembly approved a bill that would raise the referendum filing fee from $200 to $8000. The measure has not yet been heard by the state Senate.
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The
most important point is to establish yourself in a true sense, without
establishing yourself on delusion. And yet we cannot live or practice
without delusion. Delusion is necessary, but delusion is not something
on which you can establish yourself. It is like a stepladder. Without it
you cannot climb up, but you don?t stay on the stepladder. With this
confidence, you can continue to study our way.
- Shunryu Suzuki, "Brown Rice Is Just Right" |
"In honor of 2011 International Human Rights Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations that 'being LGBT does not make you less human….[G]ay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.' If you couldn’t give that a standing ovation then, let the world know you agree with this shirt."It really was an astounding speech. The shirt is $30.
