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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 07:14 PM
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I am so moved....
by the strength and beauty of the glbt community. I am watching Same Sex America on HBO.

I sometimes avoid watching shows like this, because the pain is so palpable, and difficult for me to experience. Yet at the same time, I know that those of the glbt community have no choice, they must experience these hardships, this pain daily. I know it is important to see it and feel it because this fight needs people like me. People that give a damn and are angry and hurt that this nation is legislating hatred.

Life can be so challenging at times. I feel so happy when I see two people of any sex, creed and color come together to love each other and go through this journey as one. How could anyone want to deny anyone that right? To have a partner, legally recognized with all the rights any of us has under the law--as granted through marriage. Protection and benefits for partners, children, on birth, after death, etc.

The opposition presented in this film makes me want to vomit--seriously. The way they are using the bible as a weapon is frankly disgusting to me. Singing their hymns that speak of the sacrifices and love of Christ as a means to shun people. :puke: How dare they?

I could go on and on, but wont. Just wanted to share, because this film moved me. It gives me hope while simultaneously showing me how much work we still have ahead of us to ensure that we are ALL seen as equal in the eyes of the law--as we are seen by spirit in the grand scheme of the Universe.

:hi: ...there is still much work to do. But be encouraged!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:43 PM
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1. I so rarely indulge in a flame war but it seems when I do
it's defending the GLBT community here and I'm an old, long married hetro woman

but you're correct, it's a HUMAN rights issue in my mind
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:22 PM
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3. Me too...
but my flame wars have been defending glbt rights AND people of color AND women. I'm still kind of taken aback all of those groups need to be defended on a progressive board, but oh well... :shrug:

Glad I'm not the only one! ;)
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:57 PM
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2. I agree, bliss_e. I will be there for our GLBT brothers and sisters...
throughout the fight until they are treated like every other citizen of the United States.

From Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" (1895 ed.), "Song of Myself", section 24

Whoever degrades another degrades me,
And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.

Through me the afflatus surging and surging, through me the current
and index.

I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of democracy,
By God! I will accept nothing which all cannot have their
counterpart of on the same terms.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:23 PM
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4. ...wow--that's beautiful!
Thank you for sharing this, Dream! :hi:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 04:40 PM
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15. We need leaders
with such humanity as Whitman!

What a lovely quote...thanks for posting it, I Have A Dream!
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:09 AM
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5. I am equally moved...
...by wonderful posts like this and our allies who see our struggle as their own!
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 04:27 AM
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6. Behind the Aegis...
:hug:
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:24 PM
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10. Thank you!
I do so love hugs! :hug:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 04:21 PM
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12. Well, then....
:pals::grouphug:
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:26 PM
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7. Here is a thought
Dream posted a Kryon channeling the other day, and it reminded me to check on his new channelings...thanks Dream. :)

In his March, 2006 "BECOMING MASTERS" channeling he says there are three "impossible tasks"

It was a great read for me and I thought it appropriate to post a particular segment task number three here:

The information below is free and available for you to print out, copy and distribute as you wish. Its Copyright, however, prohibits sale in any form except by the publisher.

Number Three

Let me give you the third one. Get rid of your gender bias. You think just because you have the parts of a certain gender that you've got to be a certain way, don't you? Well, it's pretty laughable, since there are those in this room who have female parts who came from a male warrior background. They are used to wearing the armor and they have slayed large men in battle. And you know who you are reading this, don't you?

It's a joke. All of you have been both genders. What you do with your current gender is your free choice. But you have a bias within it to release. Most of you say, "I am male or female," and this defines you. It's a giant bias, since you then act certain ways to conform to what is expected of you. Some of you even campaign for your gender, against the other, again, for survival and what you think is a fair and just placement in your culture.

On this planet, for thousands of years, there has been an unequal balance between masculine and feminine conscious energy. It's been masculine heavy and you know this. The Venus Transit energy of last year was a tool that placed a potential balance into Gaia itself, to allow for those who wished to become more balanced in the masculine/feminine area. This would mean that men would be comfortable with a feminine side. They would see with a "sweeter countenance." Women would be more comfortable with the masculine side, looking at some things in a very different way. It's a balancing of the two, and when it sweeps your culture and the other cultures around you, it will start to create a better communication between the leaders of this planet.

We've said it before: There is a potential present for masculine, macho leaders of various countries to do dumb things just because they can. You will see their masculine bias, for it will drive their actions, rather than the idea of balanced solutions being considered. It's part of a macho club that exists, and has exited for centuries. Suddenly, however, these macho leaders are uncomfortable – more so than usual – and they don't know why. They are irritated, yet they don't know why - unhappy and illogical. And I'll tell you why – because Gaia just shifted and there's more feminine energy than there ever was before, and that will drive them crazy, for it doesn't work in the energy they are use to and wish to create! It affects their populations, their subordinates, and also their plans.

Watch for it. There will be last-ditch, dying efforts to hold on to an energy of control, but they'll fail. This is part of something new on this planet, but something we have told you to expect. It's coming very slowly, but now you will see what the reactions are.

Can you personal balance this within yourselves? It's against Human nature, you know? Women want to be feminine and men want to be masculine. What if you were both of these all the time, yet balanced in your thinking about the two? Think of the differences in relationships that would solve themselves far easier if they could see both sides and weigh them in their thoughts. Imagine what the leaders of the earth would be able to do together if there was a more balanced process of thought. But it's not intuitive, not easy, and against the way you have been taught to think.

That's three, only three. We have presented three "impossible things." Get rid of your survival mode, throw away the ego, and pretend your gender doesn't matter. That's a good beginning to what masters do. Look at your favorite master, dead or alive, and you will see all three of these things within them. Did you notice? Now, perhaps, you will see it in yourselves?

How do you begin? How do you create energies and emotions that are counter-intuitive to you Humanism? The answer? You give intent for it, and begin a slow process of working the puzzle. But your DNA is there, ready to be activated. The tools are in place, the masters from the matrix are on the planet, and they're ready to go. Therefore, there is far more energy available to work in your behalf than ever before. This is the real renaissance. The difference is that you now have so much internal help.



And so it is, there's only one thing else we want to say before we close. It's about one of the most misunderstood concepts you have today.

http://www.kryon.com/k_chanelstaugustine06.html
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 06:45 PM
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8. The "Philadelphia Story" did this for me
This, and knowing a simply amazing person who is gay, and who felt she had to hide this fact from all she knew for a very long time.

She has paid for all this "hiding" as she has an aneurysm(sp?)near her heart (aorta?), and, she has very high blood pressure despite many drugs to lower it.

She continues to live, and walks stalwartly every single day of the year. Sometimes she walks five to six miles. All this exercise does not lower her blood pressure.

She is an amazing person, and, she has made me cognizant of various companies that have refused to sponsor "gay" TV events. I have made it a practice to never buy from the companies she has told me about.



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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 08:20 PM
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9. I'd love to know those companies...
I will not support any company that advocates hate.

I'm glad you liked Philadelphia--I wasn't crazy about it, but recognize how groundbreaking it was as a film. I just wish glbt members were allowed to portray themselves in films. It kind of pisses me off that everyone made such a huge deal about Tom Hanks "portraying a gay dying man" yet no one wants to talk about the men and women that can't make decisions for their dying loved ones because our govt. wants to deny them the right to marry. :mad:

:hi:
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:25 AM
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11. Two companies
Chevrolet
Tommy Hilfiger

There are more. I will come back with more info.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 04:21 PM
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13. I appreciate it, Hope!
:hi:
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 04:26 PM
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14. You are welcome!
Here are more:

JCPenney
Wendy's
Chrysler
General Motors
Johnson and Johnson

http://www.turnleft.com/out/boycott.html

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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:24 PM
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17. You just saved me some money...
Edited on Tue Jun-06-06 07:32 PM by bliss_eternal
We went shopping last week for black out drapes (to block out heat, sun, etc.) in an attempt to help keep our apt. cooler during the summer months. The plan was to get them at JCPenney. We were planning to return to the store tomorrow with the measurements and place the order. Actually, it's funny the way things work out. We originally PLANNED to do this on Sunday, but didn't make it to the store on time. Everything happens for a reason, doesn't it? ;)

As soon as I read this, I searched for others that carry the product and found it at another local store. :D JCPenney won't be getting a dime of bliss's money.

Thank you for letting me know! :hi:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:40 PM
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18. Yep, that's what we've got to do -- use our financial power to force...
these corporations to treat all humans with dignity.
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:47 PM
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19. Glad to be of help!
Really, really glad that JCPenney won't be getting your money!

:toast:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 04:49 PM
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16. Harper is re-opening
the same-sex marriage 'debate' WHICH WAS ALREADY debated in the House, the bill went through, it's LEGAL, lots of gay couples have already wed...

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=f41627cb-f79f-460b-94ee-78c10d0bf3a9&k=85505

:grr:



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