a question not of politics nor religion but of the heart

[kaigou]

The world is barren enough. It is stacked against love, and against hope, and against those very few and precious emotions that enable us to go forward. Your marriage only stands a 50-50 chance of lasting, no matter how much you feel and how hard you work. And here are people overjoyed at the prospect of just that chance, and that work, just for the hope of having that feeling.

With so much hate in the world, with so much meaningless division, and people pitted against people for no good reason, this is what your religion tells you to do? With your experience of life and this world and all its sadnesses, this is what your conscience tells you to do?

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Comments

[musickal.livejournal.com]

my. god. That was profound. Thanks for sharing this, I am going to pass it around.

[rogue53.livejournal.com]

*sniffles*

So many blind people.

So many 'holier than thou' people.

And in the end, extremely unhappy people.

I have always wondered, in the end, when they have to face their creator, just how they will justify the things that they did while on earth.

I am not perfect but at least I don't feel that the way I live is the way everyone else should live.

And yes, not only do I have gay friends, I also have gay family members. And I love them all.

[hokuton_punch]

... they said the words in my heart better than I could. Amazing. I - I'm not tearing up. IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'M TIRED. Yes, that's it. *sniff*

[prufrockmermaid.livejournal.com]

I read this on HuffPo this morning. (My Cable company has conservative bias and does not allow me to get MSNBC so I can give Olbermann all the love he deserves each and every day!)

This is beautiful and he was so absolutely right. Stop trampling the human heart. Create love, don't let it slip away.

[kraehe.livejournal.com]

Just... yes.

On the upside, the news from Connecticut today was very heartening.