It's a giant step in the right direction. On Wednesday the House passed a bill that would put a federal ban on job discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals. This bill would make it illegal for employers to make decisions about hiring, firing, promoting or paying an employee based on sexual orientation. Rights our Canadian neighbors passed many moons ago.
By a vote of 235 to 184, supporters know it will be a tough-go getting it passed through the Senate, where support is narrowly divided.
President Bush is expected to veto the proposal, should it reach his desk. How sad that our President has closed his heart to our community.
But we'll get there by hook and crook, if we have to tread water all the way.
Republican Barney Frank is one of two openly gay members of Congress that supports the bill.
Nineteen states and our nation's capital already have laws in place protecting our civil rights. Isn't the White House located in our nation's capital? Isn't that where our President lives?
Are basic civil rights too much to ask?
But we'll get there eventually.
Hebrews 13:5 - He (God) will never leave us or forsake us...
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
***God has two dwellings***
Huh? What on earth are you talking about?!!
Just this: God abides in Heaven and in all the meek, loving and thankful Hearts of His children, from toddler to the grave.
Longfellow once said: "Graves are the footprints of angels." Some may see his words a bit morbid, but I see them as comforting. The grave is the doorway to Heaven. And His angels our escorts.
The preacher said in church last Sunday that only 3% of the World's population owns more than one suit of clothes and one pair of shoes. That puts you and me in that blessed minority. It's hard to imagine that 97% of the world lives in such poority, isn't it? Makes you feel rich in comparison.
He also said that we're each meant to walk in our own shoes. But sometimes even our own shoes don't fit, when we seek to follow the world. And that includes our family, friends, and counselors' ideas of what's right and what's wrong.
If you're a lesbian, imagine your best male friend or brother trying to stretch his size eleven foot into your size 7 shoe and walk to the store over a mile away. Bet he'd go barefooted first. I know I would.
That's kinda like it is when the unenlighten souls of the world tell us we must be one way...their way, or face damnation.
But if you're gay, you can only hide in the closet for so long before you knock the door down and amble yer own path.
Otherwise, the shoes being either too big or too small make us stumble and fall...causing us to want nothing to do with them. Kinda the same way some folks want nothing to do with God.
Others try to make you feel He never has... and never will LOVE YOU.
Don't fall for that. It has No truth...Always remember GOD is LOVE. He doesn't discriminate.
Our Lord stands knocking at the door to your heart. Let HIM in. He wants in. He wants to LOVE YOU and give you the life you so yearn for. The life you desire as a child of God..., but you must first answer the door of your heart and invite Him in. How easy is that? And what do you have to lose by welcoming Him inside?
Remember He dwells in Heaven and the meek, loving and thankful Hearts of His Children.
Just this: God abides in Heaven and in all the meek, loving and thankful Hearts of His children, from toddler to the grave.
Longfellow once said: "Graves are the footprints of angels." Some may see his words a bit morbid, but I see them as comforting. The grave is the doorway to Heaven. And His angels our escorts.
The preacher said in church last Sunday that only 3% of the World's population owns more than one suit of clothes and one pair of shoes. That puts you and me in that blessed minority. It's hard to imagine that 97% of the world lives in such poority, isn't it? Makes you feel rich in comparison.
He also said that we're each meant to walk in our own shoes. But sometimes even our own shoes don't fit, when we seek to follow the world. And that includes our family, friends, and counselors' ideas of what's right and what's wrong.
If you're a lesbian, imagine your best male friend or brother trying to stretch his size eleven foot into your size 7 shoe and walk to the store over a mile away. Bet he'd go barefooted first. I know I would.
That's kinda like it is when the unenlighten souls of the world tell us we must be one way...their way, or face damnation.
But if you're gay, you can only hide in the closet for so long before you knock the door down and amble yer own path.
Otherwise, the shoes being either too big or too small make us stumble and fall...causing us to want nothing to do with them. Kinda the same way some folks want nothing to do with God.
Others try to make you feel He never has... and never will LOVE YOU.
Don't fall for that. It has No truth...Always remember GOD is LOVE. He doesn't discriminate.
Our Lord stands knocking at the door to your heart. Let HIM in. He wants in. He wants to LOVE YOU and give you the life you so yearn for. The life you desire as a child of God..., but you must first answer the door of your heart and invite Him in. How easy is that? And what do you have to lose by welcoming Him inside?
Remember He dwells in Heaven and the meek, loving and thankful Hearts of His Children.
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