PREACH. Holy double standards, Batman!
Here's why we shouldn't tolerate double standards for PDAs:
http://www.bilerico.com/
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Via The Bilerico Project / FB:
PREACH. Holy double standards, Batman!
Here's why we shouldn't tolerate double standards for PDAs:
http://www.bilerico.com/
How not to react when your child tells you that he's gay
Fortunately, this mentality is slowly diminishing, but this video is proof it exists -- and in too many homes, as we know 40 percent of homeless runaways are LGBT kids, and 1.6 and 2.8 million youths run away each year.
Dan Savage writes:
That was hard to listen to. Jesus. Fucking. Christ. My heart breaks for that poor, brave, tough kid. What the fuck is wrong with these people?We could have a fundraiser up and running for this poor kid by morning—if we knew who he was and where he was.
Please remember, if you are an LGBT child or teen in need of help, the National Runaway Switchboard at 1-800-RUNAWAY can help you. The Ali Forney Center has a local and national LGBT youth online resource guide.
Hat tip: Joe Jervis
Via Daily Dharma
Forget Language | August 28, 2014
If you use a trap to catch fish, once
you succeed you can forget the trap. And if you use language to find
meaning, once you find it you can forget the language.
-Bodhidharma, "The Snaggletoothed Barbarian"
Flower of the Day: 08/28/14
"Being
alive is a miracle. If you are alive, it is only through the grace of
God. If you can blink your eyes, it's through God’s grace. It is
impossible to know when you are going to pass away, which is why it is
so important to know what to do with the time you have been given.
Perhaps the best use of your time may be to even meditate on
immortality, since in the end the myth of death imprisons your mind. The
truth is that when your body no longer serves you, you need to change
bodies, but the one who inhabits the body never dies."
- Sri Prem Baba
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
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We End Liberated | August 27, 2014
There is no permanent Hell, there is no
permanent Heaven. Therefore, the suffering that we sense during this
transition of life is not a permanent condition that we need to be
afraid of. It's not where we're going to end up. We end liberated from
the suffering either by death, or in life, by waking up to the nature of
our situation and not clinging and grasping, screaming and being angry,
resentful, irritable or insulted by our existence.
-Allen Ginsberg, "Negative Capability: Kerouac's Buddhist Ethic"
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Flower of the Day: 08/27/14
"At
some point in time, one must learn how not to identify with one’s lower
nature, specifically with the games of lust, pride and revenge to name a
few. But, in order not to get identified with these games, one must
first recognize and identify them. This is the first stage of the
awakening process. This identification or recognition is only possible
through focused self-observation."
- Sri Prem Baba
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Via JMG: Ecuador Recognizes LGBT Relationships
"The LGBT community have the constitutional right to register on their union," Correa said during his weekly report. Previously, the Ecuadoran Civil Registry did not recognize these unions because they had no legal status according to law, however Correa said that from now on this right has to be respected and if denied, the authorities will take action on the matter. However, Correa said that although he supports these unions, he don't support gay marriage, which according to him corresponds to the union between a man and a woman. But he said he is committed to guarantee the rights of all Ecuadorans. Correa, a Catholic leftist, has expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage and adoption of children by gay couples in previous occasions. The Ecuadoran Constitution grants equal rights to "cohabitation partnerships" regardless if they are civil or Catholic marriages, so the LGBT community gains more legal recognition with this legislation.Same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples or individuals remains banned in the national constitution.
Via JMG: AP Reports On Seventh Circuit
Via the Associated Press:
Federal appeals judges bristled Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws that once outlawed weddings between blacks and whites. Judge Richard Posner, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, was dismissive when Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Timothy Samuelson repeatedly pointed to 'tradition' as the underlying justification for barring gay marriage. "It was tradition to not allow blacks and whites to marry — a tradition that got swept away," Posner said. Prohibition of same sex marriage, he said, is "a tradition of hate ... and savage discrimination."
Posner frequently cut off Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fischer, just moments into his presentation and chided him to answer his questions. At one point, Posner ran through a list of psychological strains of unmarried same-sex couples, including having to struggle to grasp why their schoolmates' parents were married and theirs weren't. "What horrible stuff," Posner said. What benefits to society in barring gay marriage, he asked, "outweighs that kind of damage to children?" The answer has to do with "procreation," Fisher answered. "All this is a reflection of biology," Fisher said. "Men and women make babies, same-sex couples do not... we have to have a mechanism to regulate that, and marriage is that mechanism."
The ACLU and Lambda Legal have essentially reiterated their equal protection arguments in appeals court filings, arguing that the bans deny gay couples state and federal legal protections and benefits that married straight couples enjoy. "The freedom to marry is a core aspect of personal liberty for all Americans," the ACLU said in its briefs. There was some levity during the hearing. As Samuelson struggled to offer a specific reason for how gay marriage bans benefit society, he suddenly noted a yellow courtroom light signaling his allotted time was up. "It won't save you," Williams told him, prompting laughter in court. Samuleson smiled, saying "it was worth a try."
Flower of the Day: 08/26/14
"True
service is a fragrance of the Being. It is a light that emanates from
your understanding. At a certain stage of the journey, you are able to
practice service as an intelligent austerity, which is a spiritual
practice that purifies selfishness. You choose to create some friction
in order to provoke your ‘no's’ towards love. Since it is a choice, I
call it an ‘intelligent’ austerity because it is born out of your
intelligence and comprehension. It is bitter medicine, but it works, so
you decide to try it out."
- Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
Give It Away | August 26, 2014
Happiness is not happiness unless it is
shared. For happiness is the one thing in all the world that comes to
us only at the moment we give it, and is likewise increased by being
given away.
-Clark Strand, "The Wisdom of Frogs"
Monday, August 25, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
Derived from Mind | August 25, 2014
It is the various mental constructions
that we hold, and hold dear, that appear as time and space, extension
and duration. These—and all of the material world—derive from
consciousness, which ladles out time and space from a timeless,
spaceless sea.
-Steve Hagen, "Time and Now"
Flower of the Day: 08/25/14
"Death
is a myth that imprisons us, and what sustains this myth is forgetting
about the spiritual reality. Death needs to be understood, as it is this
myth that chains the soul to the body. At the time of your death, all
of your unresolved fears and issues visit you, and this drags your
awareness back to those places. Then, when you reincarnate, you are
stuck at the same point."
- Sri Prem Baba
Sunday, August 24, 2014
"Sometimes
one’s addiction to blaming the other is so deeply ingrained that one
doesn't even realize when one is accusing someone – it happens
automatically. But if accusations exist, then so do comparisons and
judgments, and this is what opens the doors to hell. With this, one
awakens one’s lower nature and ends up losing all of the silence and
love one has already gained."
- Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
The Single Thing | August 24, 2014
I don’t envision a single thing that, when developed and cultivated, brings about such happiness as the mind. The mind, when developed and cultivated, brings about happiness.
-The Buddha, "The Single Thing"
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/23/14
"I
perceive the acute stages of mental disorder as spiritual emergencies.
The soul is expanding faster than the body can keep up with. The energy
centers are spinning at a frequency that is defined by the soul, but the
body carrying all of its marks and scars cannot handle this movement.
In other words, the soul is expanding, but the body is still committed
to destroying itself and this creates an internal tug of war between
opposing forces. This is the origin of suffering: two forces moving in
the opposite direction inside of us."
- Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
A Spiritual Life All Our Own | August 23, 2014
We should never lose sight of the fact
that, however difficult the going may be at times, the living of the
spiritual life is ultimately our own responsibility. It should never be
abdicated to another, however venerable.
-John Snelling, “Beware the Charismatic Guru”
Friday, August 22, 2014
Via Dialy Dharma:
What We Need | August 22, 2014
Restraint means protecting the
integrity of our mind so that we’re less likely to depart from our
discipline; this way we avoid errors such as greed. So, not only should
we not take more than we need but also always practice consideration in
making sure that everyone has what they need.
-Venerable Yifa, "Thought for Food"
Flower of the Day: 08/22/14
“Paying
attention to synchronicities is very important because they are the
voice of your intuition or the voice of God coming from within. However,
I see that many of you are unable to perceive these signs as you are
attached to a particular outcome for situations, filled with
expectations. This is a limitation because you predetermine a way for
things to happen and hope that life will fit into your plan. But life
brings infinite possibilities, and it may offer something that is beyond
your own plans.”
- Sri Prem Baba
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
When We Trust | August 21, 2014
When we trust with our open heart, whatever occurs, at that very moment that it occurs, can be perceived as fresh and unstained by the clouds of hope and fear.
-Dr. Jeremy Hayward, "First Thought"
Flower of the Day: 08/21/14
“When
you de-identify from your past, it will no longer exercise power over
you. The past is still the past, but you’re no longer identified with
it. It may even be a source of inspiration and understanding that you
can use when necessary, but it stops draining your energy and awareness.
The past no longer steals away your presence. However, this is only
possible when you are in harmony with your past.”
Sri Prem Baba
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
A Whisper of Psychic Release | August 20, 2014
The most fascinating and perhaps most
significant of all interfaces is the one that separates yet connects the
ridiculous and the sublime. The surprisingly narrow borderline between
things holy and things profane, between prayer and laughter, between a
Leonardo chalice and Warhol soup can, between the Clear Light and the
joke, provides a zone of meaning as exhilarating as it is heretical: a
whisper of psychic release so acutely yet weirdly portentous it just
might offer a clue to the mystery of being.
-Tom Robbins, "Now Showing: Satori"
Flower of the Day: 08/20/14
It
is necessary to learn how to trust the commands that come from the
heart. The spiritual master teaches you and guides you through his or
her own intuition, but you will only learn if you are able to hear your
heart; if you are able to discern. Discernment is an attribute of the
Being, for it is a manifestation of your creative intelligence.”
- Sri Prem Baba
- Sri Prem Baba
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/19/14
“The
fear of scarcity emerges in relation to money, but also in relation to
feelings. When you are controlled by a fear of scarcity, you need to
wield power over others in order to feel secure. This fear breaks your
connection with the source and you feel powerless. So the only way you
get power is through robbing other people’s energy by making them feel
inferior, guilty, incompetent, or wrong. In other words, making them
feel fearful as well. This lowers the other person’s awareness to the
same level as your own, and you feel stronger. But the price you pay is
very high, because this creates karma that will pursue you
indefinitely.”
Sri Prem Baba
Flower of the Day: 08/18/14
“I have been speaking about the importance of kindness and friendship during our groups. The sangha,
a community of spiritual seekers, is one of the sacred jewels of the
path to enlightenment: it is the body of the master teacher. So the
health of the master’s body depends on the friendships of his or her
students and their ability to work together in harmony.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
No Boundaries | August 19, 2014
Pain and joy, love of life, and fear of
death know no boundaries of us and them. We can all wake up to realize
that our happiness depends on the happiness of our neighbors and vice
versa, and our real safety is in togetherness, not intractable conflict.
-Stephen Fulder, "Do We Really 'Have No Choice'?"
Monday, August 18, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
Good at Heart | August 18, 2014
As long as we have fire when we need
it, water when we need it, warm food on the table, tasty curry, what
else do we need? Happiness is to be good at heart.
- Madeline Drexler, “The Happiness Metric”
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/17/14
“Choice
is a power through which we can move in this world, however sometimes
an apparent paradox occurs. In certain situations you discover that
despite your choices, things happen the way they were supposed to. It’s
as though there was already a plan mapped out. So work towards making
conscious choices, but don’t blame yourself when that is not possible.
Remember that even a wrong choice is right because it helps you to
increase your capacity to discern. It can also teach you to see the
brightness of the right path until there comes a time when you no longer
doubt. The ‘wrong’ path is usually unlit and you receive clear signals
not to take it, while the right path has a luminosity that inspires
you.”
Sri Prem Baba
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/16/14
"The
conditioned mind is under the spell of the cosmic illusion that
restricts one’s ability to love and makes one a prisoner of suffering.
The conditioned mind is a prisoner of its own prejudices and beliefs.
This generates anguish, because one’s essence is in search of freedom.
The key that opens this prison door is love."
Sri Prem Baba
"The
real self is dangerous: dangerous for the established church, dangerous
for the state, dangerous for the crowd, dangerous for the tradition,
because once a man knows his real self, he becomes an individual. He
belongs no more to the mob psychology; he will not be superstitious, and
he cannot be exploited. and he cannot be led like cattle, he cannot be
ordered and commanded. Integrated persons become individuals, and the
society wants you to be non-individuals.
Instead he will live according to his light; he will live from his own inwardness. His life will have tremendous beauty, integrity."
~Osho
Instead he will live according to his light; he will live from his own inwardness. His life will have tremendous beauty, integrity."
~Osho
Friday, August 15, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/15/14
“If
you find yourself stuck at a certain point, suffering and controlling,
this means that you are under the dominion of a force called
‘obstinacy’. Obstinacy is a distortion of willpower. In other words, it
is willpower that is being used by fear and hatred. There is an
insistence on accomplishing what the ego determines. So, I invite you to
relax and surrender to the guidance of the mystery. Maybe you’ll have a
nice surprise.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
The Reality of Freedom | August 15, 2014
Instead of creatively realizing their
freedom, many choose the unreflective conformism dictated by television,
indulgence in mass-consumerism, or numbing their feelings of alienation
and anguish with drugs. In theory, freedom may be held in high regard;
in practice it is experienced as a dizzying loss of meaning and
direction.
Stephen Batchelor, “Buddhism Without Beliefs”
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Via JMG: American Bar Association Resolution: LGBT Rights Are Basic Human Rights
Here's the resolution in full:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association recognizes that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have a human right to be free from discrimination, threats and violence based on their LGBT status and condemns all laws, regulations and rules or practices that discriminate on the basis that an individual is a LGBT person;(Tipped by JMG reader Wilson)
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the governments of countries where such discriminatory laws, regulations, and practices exist to repeal them with all deliberate speed and ensure the safety and equal protection under the law of all LGBT people;
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges other bar associations and attorneys in jurisdictions where there are such discriminatory laws or incidents of targeting of LGBT people to work to defend victims of anti-LGBT discrimination or conduct, and to recognize and support their colleagues who take these cases as human rights advocates; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the United States Government, through bilateral and multilateral channels, to work to end discrimination against LGBT people and to ensure that the rights of LGBT people receive equal protection under the law.
Via Daily Dharma
Non-Killing | August 14, 2014
From the intrinsic standpoint--one of
body, of Buddha-nature--non-killing means that there is nothing being
born and nothing dying. The very notions of 'birth' and 'death' are
extra. Life does not divide up into things to be killed or not killed;
it is just this one body, constantly changing.
- Bernie Glassman, “The First Precept”
Flower of the Day: 08/14/14
“Suffering
is something that nobody wants, but no one lets go of it. This is
because leaving behind suffering also means letting go of one’s defenses
and control, and becoming vulnerable. Through this surrender, one
begins to enjoy the wisdom of uncertainty, and becomes as light as a
leaf that is taken by the wind.”
Sri Prem Baba
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Via LadoBi: Gays devem boicotar Dilma por ter engavetado lei da homofobia
Quando o jovem Kaique Augusto Batista dos Santos, 16 anos, foi
encontrado morto na região central de São Paulo no sábado (11) com todos
os dentes arrancados da boca, desfigurado, com um barra de ferro
enfiada na perna e cuja morte foi relatada pela incompetente polícia
paulista como “suicídio”, o Marcio me pediu para escrever algo sobre o
assunto.
Eu tenho evitado comentar, divulgar e debater as mortes por homofobia porque, além de isso me fazer um mal tremendo, acho que não há mais o que se dizer sobre essa barbaridade. Por isso, eu procuro publicar aqui no site histórias afirmativas, como a do pastor que casou seu filho gay na igreja, da base militar americana que celebrou o primeiro casamento gay, da mãe do Lance Bass, que pregou em sua igreja sobre o amor aos homossexuais, sobre a família de gays afro americanos criando suas três crianças e por aí vai… Além de os nossos leitores gostarem disso, sinto que é uma maneira de levar esperança e amor a uma comunidade tão mal tratada e desprezada pela sociedade como são os LGBT.
Disse, portanto, ao Marcio, que não queria escrever sobre isso. Que se fosse escrever ia sair uma mensagem de ódio. Porque minha vontade ao ler a notícia era pegar um por um desses covardes homofóbicos e fazê-los, só pra começar, comer a própria merda.
Afinal, o que mais eu poderia dizer? Que a polícia brasileira é uma das corporações mais vergonhosas e incompetentes que existe no país? Que a sociedade brasileira é uma das mais coniventes com essa barbárie que está acontecendo? Que Marco Feliciano, Silas Malafaia, Jair Bolsonaro e tantos outros desses supostos cristãos mereciam ser condenados por crimes contra a humanidade? Que os gays também têm sua responsabilidade pelo que acontece, já que se mobilizam apenas para expressar seu hedonismo, quando não para expressarem preconceitos de ordem racial, social e sexual contras as bichas pretas, pobres e efeminadas? O que, afinal, eu poderia fazer para extravasar o ódio que eu sentia de uma maneira racional e eficiente, na tentativa de tentar reverter essa situação degradante e humilhante que os homossexuais, bissexuais e transexuais estão passando neste país?
Pois eis que eu tive uma ideia. Além de todos os que citei acima, quem também pode estar com as mãos sujas do sangue do Kaique é a nossa presidenta Dilma Rousseff. Não é a primeira vez que ela demonstra seu total descaso acerca dos direitos humanos. Calou-se sobre o aborto. Calou-se sobre o estatuto do nascituro, a chamada bolsa-estupro, e quando resolveu agir sobre a homofobia, jogou contra. Recentemente, com medo de perder os votos dos evangélicos e cedendo à chantagem da bancada dos falsos profetas, mais conhecida como bancada evangélica, mandou mais uma vez adiar a votação do PLC-122, que pune com rigor os crimes motivados por homofobia.
UPDATE: é importante que você clique no hyperlink acima para entender como a Dilma interferiu nessa votação. Quem orientou a bancada petista no Senado foi a ministra da relações institucionais Ideli Salvatti, que não dá um passo sem a orientação de Dilma e cuja função é administrar crises entre os poderes. Oficialmente e teoricamente, Dilma não poderia interferir nos expedientes do Congresso, mas sabemos que ela faz isso, especialmente quando tem que ceder às chantagens da bancada evangélica, que vive ameaçando de travar a pauta das votações em nome de suas bandeiras fundamentalistas.
Pois bem, dona Dilma, a comunidade LGBT pode não ser tão numerosa quanto a evangélica, mas com certeza, a meu ver, nossos votos não podem ser desprezados. Já li que a Parada Gay reuniu mais de 3 milhões em uma de suas edições. Não temos dados precisos de qual é o tamanho da comunidade LGBT no Brasil, mas creio eu que 3 milhões de votos podem ser a diferença entre uma vitória em primeiro e uma ida ao segundo turno. E que se o cenário no segundo turno for bem apertado, os gays podem sim fazer a diferença e dona Dilma cair com a cara no chão.
Então, bichas, façam o favor de não votar nessa mulher na próxima eleição. Não estou dizendo em quem vocês devem votar, mas em que vocês NÃO DEVEM VOTAR DE JEITO NENHUM. Anulem, votem em branco ou procurem saber quem foram os políticos que já fizeram algo pela comunidade LGBT e votem neles. Além disso, votem para os cargos legislativos nos candidatos que representam a comunidade LGBT. O Jean Wyllys precisa de ajuda. Sozinho o cara é massacrado naquele Congresso de machistas. O PV, por exemplo, (não, não sou partidário deles) está promovendo vários candidatos que representam os nossos direitos para a próxima eleição. Votem neles. Sejam solidários pelo menos uma vez na vida. #GAYnãovotaemDilma
Vejam, esse meu posicionamento em nada muda minha orientação política favorável aos programas sociais do governo que tiraram milhões da pobreza e que deram oportunidade a outros milhões de estudar, viajar, comprar e ter dignidade humana. Tampouco quer dizer que sou de direita, que adquiri um discurso reaça ou que virei tucano (embora, é bom ressaltar, quem assinou a lei estadual que pune a homofobia foi Alckmin e quem quebrou as patentes dos medicamentos antirretrovirais foi o Serra). Apenas estou convocando a comunidade LGBT a responder ao descaso com que o governo a tem tratado nas urnas, já que esse direito civil ainda não nos foi tomado.
E quanto a esses patéticos neonazistas tupiniquins (sim, pode haver algo mais ridículo que latino-americanos miscigenados lutarem pela superioridade ariana?), vocês que nem sequer têm a coragem de mostrar suas caras imundas em público, que só têm coragem de atacar em bando ao gay mais vulnerável que encontram na rua sozinho, eu os desafio a irem atacar na porta da The Week, onde está cheio de gays musculosos prontos para encherem suas caras de sopapos.
Quanto a vocês, bichas covardes, preconceituosas, racistas, homofóbicas e misóginas, suas mãos também estão sujas. Sua falta de engajamento político, seu descaso, sua falta de consciência coletiva também ajudaram a arrancar cada um dos 32 dentes do Kaique. Isso também tem a ver contigo. E espero que você não se dê conta apenas quando sua cara estiver desfigurada em um B.O. de “suicídio”.
http://www.ladobi.com/2014/01/gay-nao-vote-na-dilma/
Eu tenho evitado comentar, divulgar e debater as mortes por homofobia porque, além de isso me fazer um mal tremendo, acho que não há mais o que se dizer sobre essa barbaridade. Por isso, eu procuro publicar aqui no site histórias afirmativas, como a do pastor que casou seu filho gay na igreja, da base militar americana que celebrou o primeiro casamento gay, da mãe do Lance Bass, que pregou em sua igreja sobre o amor aos homossexuais, sobre a família de gays afro americanos criando suas três crianças e por aí vai… Além de os nossos leitores gostarem disso, sinto que é uma maneira de levar esperança e amor a uma comunidade tão mal tratada e desprezada pela sociedade como são os LGBT.
Disse, portanto, ao Marcio, que não queria escrever sobre isso. Que se fosse escrever ia sair uma mensagem de ódio. Porque minha vontade ao ler a notícia era pegar um por um desses covardes homofóbicos e fazê-los, só pra começar, comer a própria merda.
Afinal, o que mais eu poderia dizer? Que a polícia brasileira é uma das corporações mais vergonhosas e incompetentes que existe no país? Que a sociedade brasileira é uma das mais coniventes com essa barbárie que está acontecendo? Que Marco Feliciano, Silas Malafaia, Jair Bolsonaro e tantos outros desses supostos cristãos mereciam ser condenados por crimes contra a humanidade? Que os gays também têm sua responsabilidade pelo que acontece, já que se mobilizam apenas para expressar seu hedonismo, quando não para expressarem preconceitos de ordem racial, social e sexual contras as bichas pretas, pobres e efeminadas? O que, afinal, eu poderia fazer para extravasar o ódio que eu sentia de uma maneira racional e eficiente, na tentativa de tentar reverter essa situação degradante e humilhante que os homossexuais, bissexuais e transexuais estão passando neste país?
Pois eis que eu tive uma ideia. Além de todos os que citei acima, quem também pode estar com as mãos sujas do sangue do Kaique é a nossa presidenta Dilma Rousseff. Não é a primeira vez que ela demonstra seu total descaso acerca dos direitos humanos. Calou-se sobre o aborto. Calou-se sobre o estatuto do nascituro, a chamada bolsa-estupro, e quando resolveu agir sobre a homofobia, jogou contra. Recentemente, com medo de perder os votos dos evangélicos e cedendo à chantagem da bancada dos falsos profetas, mais conhecida como bancada evangélica, mandou mais uma vez adiar a votação do PLC-122, que pune com rigor os crimes motivados por homofobia.
UPDATE: é importante que você clique no hyperlink acima para entender como a Dilma interferiu nessa votação. Quem orientou a bancada petista no Senado foi a ministra da relações institucionais Ideli Salvatti, que não dá um passo sem a orientação de Dilma e cuja função é administrar crises entre os poderes. Oficialmente e teoricamente, Dilma não poderia interferir nos expedientes do Congresso, mas sabemos que ela faz isso, especialmente quando tem que ceder às chantagens da bancada evangélica, que vive ameaçando de travar a pauta das votações em nome de suas bandeiras fundamentalistas.
Pois bem, dona Dilma, a comunidade LGBT pode não ser tão numerosa quanto a evangélica, mas com certeza, a meu ver, nossos votos não podem ser desprezados. Já li que a Parada Gay reuniu mais de 3 milhões em uma de suas edições. Não temos dados precisos de qual é o tamanho da comunidade LGBT no Brasil, mas creio eu que 3 milhões de votos podem ser a diferença entre uma vitória em primeiro e uma ida ao segundo turno. E que se o cenário no segundo turno for bem apertado, os gays podem sim fazer a diferença e dona Dilma cair com a cara no chão.
Então, bichas, façam o favor de não votar nessa mulher na próxima eleição. Não estou dizendo em quem vocês devem votar, mas em que vocês NÃO DEVEM VOTAR DE JEITO NENHUM. Anulem, votem em branco ou procurem saber quem foram os políticos que já fizeram algo pela comunidade LGBT e votem neles. Além disso, votem para os cargos legislativos nos candidatos que representam a comunidade LGBT. O Jean Wyllys precisa de ajuda. Sozinho o cara é massacrado naquele Congresso de machistas. O PV, por exemplo, (não, não sou partidário deles) está promovendo vários candidatos que representam os nossos direitos para a próxima eleição. Votem neles. Sejam solidários pelo menos uma vez na vida. #GAYnãovotaemDilma
Vejam, esse meu posicionamento em nada muda minha orientação política favorável aos programas sociais do governo que tiraram milhões da pobreza e que deram oportunidade a outros milhões de estudar, viajar, comprar e ter dignidade humana. Tampouco quer dizer que sou de direita, que adquiri um discurso reaça ou que virei tucano (embora, é bom ressaltar, quem assinou a lei estadual que pune a homofobia foi Alckmin e quem quebrou as patentes dos medicamentos antirretrovirais foi o Serra). Apenas estou convocando a comunidade LGBT a responder ao descaso com que o governo a tem tratado nas urnas, já que esse direito civil ainda não nos foi tomado.
E quanto a esses patéticos neonazistas tupiniquins (sim, pode haver algo mais ridículo que latino-americanos miscigenados lutarem pela superioridade ariana?), vocês que nem sequer têm a coragem de mostrar suas caras imundas em público, que só têm coragem de atacar em bando ao gay mais vulnerável que encontram na rua sozinho, eu os desafio a irem atacar na porta da The Week, onde está cheio de gays musculosos prontos para encherem suas caras de sopapos.
Quanto a vocês, bichas covardes, preconceituosas, racistas, homofóbicas e misóginas, suas mãos também estão sujas. Sua falta de engajamento político, seu descaso, sua falta de consciência coletiva também ajudaram a arrancar cada um dos 32 dentes do Kaique. Isso também tem a ver contigo. E espero que você não se dê conta apenas quando sua cara estiver desfigurada em um B.O. de “suicídio”.
http://www.ladobi.com/2014/01/gay-nao-vote-na-dilma/
Via LadoBi: “Posição de Dilma é vergonhosa”, diz ativista gay argentino
A presidente argentina Cristina Kirchner se declarou publicamente a
favor do casamento igualitário. O que dizer da omissão da Dilma sobre
essa questão?
É uma vergonha. A posição da Dilma é vergonhosa. Assim como mandar o exército e a Força Nacional para a rua para reprimir os protestos contra a privatização do pré-sal. A posição do PT é uma vergonha. Ontem eu me reuni com o Alckmin por pouco mais de meia hora, e durante nossa conversa eu disse para ele que é muito difícil para o público argentino entender como é que, no Brasil, tem lideranças nacionais como ele que são a favor do casamento igualitário, e a Dilma, que é mulher de esquerda e ex-presa política, é contra. Como é possível, o maior obstáculo para que a lei do casamento igualitário seja aprovada no Congresso é o PT e sua aliança com a máfia fundamentalista religiosa. A Comissão dos Direitos Humanos e Minorias (CDHM) aprovou o projeto de alteração da lei da discriminação, liberando os religiosos para agir de maneira discriminatória. Além de fundamentalistas, são burros. A lei que eles querem alterar é a lei do racismo. Não inclui a homossexualidade. Quando eles fazem essa alteração para isentar as igrejas, o que querem é permitir que se discrimine por cor, que se permita a um pastor dizer “na minha igreja não caso pessoas negras”. O PT fez um acordo político e colocou um pastor fundamentalista na presidência da CDHM. Na Argentina, Feliciano poderia até se tornar deputado, mas jamais sobreviveria como presidente dessa comissão.
http://www.ladobi.com/2013/10/posicao-dilma-vergonhosa-ativista-gay-argentino/
É uma vergonha. A posição da Dilma é vergonhosa. Assim como mandar o exército e a Força Nacional para a rua para reprimir os protestos contra a privatização do pré-sal. A posição do PT é uma vergonha. Ontem eu me reuni com o Alckmin por pouco mais de meia hora, e durante nossa conversa eu disse para ele que é muito difícil para o público argentino entender como é que, no Brasil, tem lideranças nacionais como ele que são a favor do casamento igualitário, e a Dilma, que é mulher de esquerda e ex-presa política, é contra. Como é possível, o maior obstáculo para que a lei do casamento igualitário seja aprovada no Congresso é o PT e sua aliança com a máfia fundamentalista religiosa. A Comissão dos Direitos Humanos e Minorias (CDHM) aprovou o projeto de alteração da lei da discriminação, liberando os religiosos para agir de maneira discriminatória. Além de fundamentalistas, são burros. A lei que eles querem alterar é a lei do racismo. Não inclui a homossexualidade. Quando eles fazem essa alteração para isentar as igrejas, o que querem é permitir que se discrimine por cor, que se permita a um pastor dizer “na minha igreja não caso pessoas negras”. O PT fez um acordo político e colocou um pastor fundamentalista na presidência da CDHM. Na Argentina, Feliciano poderia até se tornar deputado, mas jamais sobreviveria como presidente dessa comissão.
http://www.ladobi.com/2013/10/posicao-dilma-vergonhosa-ativista-gay-argentino/
Flower of the Day: 08/13/14
“It
takes steadiness to accomplish what your heart determines. This can be
extremely challenging because, when you truly surrender yourself, the
heart begins to purify you. Love works towards having love and only love
be expressed through you. Love is enough unto itself. It purifies you
until you become a pure channel of love.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
Faith in Buddhism | August 13, 2014
It is a great turning point in our
spiritual lives when we go from an intellectual appreciation of a path
to the heartfelt confidence that says, ‘Yes, it is possible to awaken. I
can, too.’ A tremendous joy accompanies this confidence. When we place
our hearts upon the practice, the teachings come alive. That turning
point, which transforms an abstract concept of a spiritual path into our
own personal path, is faith.
Sharon Salzberg, “How Important is Faith?”
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Via JMG: Gallup: Gays Are Less Religious
A just released Gallup poll reveals the unshocking fact that LGBT Americans tend to be less religious than the rest of the nation.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are significantly less likely than non-LGBT Americans to be highly religious, and significantly more likely to be classified as not religious. The same percentage of each group is moderately religious. These results are based on more than 104,000 Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted between Jan. 2 and July 31, 2014, including 3,242 adults who identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Gallup classifies Americans as "very religious" if they say religion is an important part of their daily lives and that they attend religious services every week or almost every week. That group constituted 41% of all U.S. adults between January and July 2014. "Nonreligious" Americans (30% of U.S. adults) are those who say religion is not an important part of their daily lives and that they seldom or never attend religious services. The remaining group, 29% of Americans, are classified as "moderately religious." These people say religion is important in their lives but that they do not attend services regularly, or that religion is not important but that they still attend services. LGBT and non-LGBT individuals differ on both dimensions that make up the religiosity classification. About a quarter of LGBT individuals attend religious services regularly, contrasted with 42% of non-LGBT individuals.More graphs and analysis are at the link.
Via JMG: ISRAEL: "Law Of Return" Citizenship Granted To Non-Jewish Gay Spouses
Via the Times Of Israel:
In a ground-breaking interpretation of the Law of Return, the Interior Ministry decided to permit non-Jewish same-sex marriage partners of Jews living abroad to immigrate to Israel and be granted Israeli citizenship, the ministry announced on Tuesday. According to the Law of Return, any Jew has the right to apply for, and be granted, Israeli citizenship. The right is extended under the law to the applicant’s partner by marriage as well. The right, however, was previously reserved only for heterosexual couples. “The gates of Israel will from now on be open to any Jew and his family, without discrimination based on his way of life,” Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a statement. In Israel itself, marriage services for Jews are controlled by the state rabbinate, which does not perform same-sex marriages; nor is there any option of civil marriage for Jews.More from Shalom Life:
[Minister] Sa'ar said that his decision came as a result of the issue being raised in many recent immigration applications to the Interior Ministry. In the statement marking his decision, he wrote that "the point of the Law of Return is an ingathering of the Jewish people from exile, and the purpose of the 1970 amendment was to enable the family of a Jewish person to come to Israel as an equal to him, in order to encourage immigration." He continued. "I do not see any reason to distinguish between Jews who had a heterosexual marriage and Jews who had a same-sex marriage abroad, according to the law. Both meet the requirements of the Law of Return, from the perspective of 'and the sons have returned.'"
Via JMG: CALIFORNIA: Gay Man Sues After Doctor Lists Him As "Chronically" Homosexual
A Los Angeles gay man has filed a lawsuit after discovering that his medical records list him as having the "chronic problem" of homosexuality.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Matthew Moore, 46, who is openly gay, said he was shocked to see his sexual orientation still described as a chronic condition more than a year after he complained about the use of the archaic medical classification. "It was infuriating. It was painful," he said of his decision to sue. "It was another attempt by this doctor and this medical group to impose their agenda of discrimination and hate onto a gay patient." As reported in September by NBC4, Moore discovered the description in his medical records after undergoing a routine physical in April 2013 by Dr. Elaine Jones of the Torrance Health Association. Moore wrote a letter complaining about the designation to the Torrance Memorial Health Association and received a prompt apology:Moore is suing both his former physician and Torrence Memorial. Referring to the incidence of suicide among LGBT youth, Moore told the local NBC affiliate, "I don’t want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that." (Tipped by JMG reader Jerald)
"We would like to unequivocally state that the Torrance Memorial Physician Network does not view homosexuality as a disease or a chronic condition, and we do not endorse or approve of the use of Code 302.0 as a diagnosis for homosexuality," Torrance Health Association Senior Director Heidi Assigal wrote to Moore. The association also issued a media statement saying the designation had been used as a result of "human error" and claiming that "upon notification by the patient the record was corrected." Moore said he let the issue go, thinking the problem had been solved. But when he obtained a copy of his medical records in May, he said he was stunned to see that while the 302.0 code had been removed, "homosexual behavior" was still listed under "chronic problems."
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