“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul - - - - - - - - - - - “if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” - John F. Kennedy - - - - - - - - - - - - “Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn’t marry. And you couldn’t have that special day the way your friends do – you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person’s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach …. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘ALL LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me – they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’ The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” - Pop star Miley Cyrus on her marriage equality tattoo - - - - - - - - - - -
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Quoted: E.G. Wetherby on Judging Others

Sadly, we are always critiqued, by the people that we know. By title or occupation, and by the possessions that we show. 

We judge by skin color, or by awards received, by church denomination and by what we believe. 

We’re judged by what we spend, or by what we give. We’re judged by age and gender, and by where we live. 

We’re judged by our past, and by our education, by the language that we speak, or by our nation. 

We evaluate cosmetically. We judge both fat and small. We judge by ones appearance. Fact is, we judge it all. 

Some judge because they’re paid to. Some judge intentionally. Some judge to build self-worth, some judge unwillingly. 

Beware, for there is only one, who evaluates every stain and smudge.  Good luck amateur critics of humanity, when you face that judge.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

Beautiful poem, and rather appropriate considering the past weeks events.

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