It's the ultimate road trip for 81-year-old Diane Donoghue, whose bus will be making 30 stops in 15 days as it travels from Iowa to Washington, DC. The Roman Catholic nun is the only one of the sisters on the bus who will be making the entire journey. The women are unhappy with the House Republican budget which will affect Head Start, food stamps and other types of public assistance for those in need. They thought a road trip would be the perfect way to spread the message. They are scheduled to arrive in Washington on July 2.
Recently the Vatican scolded The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a group to which 80 percent of all the nuns in the world belong. Their greatest sin, according to Rome, is being too concerned about social justice and not concerned enough about homosexuality, gay marriage, abortion and contraception. Hmmmm. Sounds suspiciously like Jesus Christ as the gospel narratives describe him.
You can learn more about the sisters at www.nunsonthebus.org.
Susan
Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
Friday, June 29, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Two
"Two are better than one, because they have a reward for their labour. For if they fall the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him who is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?" Ecclesiastes 4:9-11, King James Version Bible
I am greatly encouraged by the public stands that the President and the Vice-President have made recently, that they both support gay marriage. It is a small, but very significant step toward righting what I believe to be a terrible injustice. I remember as a little girl learning that once African-American people were slaves to white people in our country, and that women at one time were not allowed to vote. How bizarre that seemed to me, as I wondered what kind of a world that was. One day in the future, children will learn American history and will have the same sense of bewilderment, that there was once a time when gay people were denied equal rights.
It is probably possible that some can live a completely fulfilled life without a significant other. Close friends and family can meet many of our needs for emotional intimacy and ultimate self-actualization, I suppose. Some people want to be alone, and that is their choice. But it would seem to me that most of us have the need for one special person in our lives, and we should all, gay or straight, have the right to choose whether we want to be married to that person, or not. Two are better than one, because one and one equals more than two, doesn't it? It is a wonderful sort of math that everyone should have the right to experience.
How can we ever be all that we could be, without that one person who knows us better than anyone else does? That one person with whom we are emotionally naked, who has seen all the parts of us, even the parts we think aren't pretty, and loves us unconditionally? That one person who can call us out like no one else would dare to, and we can hear whatever they have to say, because the trust is there? That one person who knows when we need to be challenged, who says, yes I see that you have fallen down, come on now, get back up here. That one person who, when the world seems cold, says come on now, get over here and I will keep you warm.
Every one of us should have an equal shot at that.
Susan
I am greatly encouraged by the public stands that the President and the Vice-President have made recently, that they both support gay marriage. It is a small, but very significant step toward righting what I believe to be a terrible injustice. I remember as a little girl learning that once African-American people were slaves to white people in our country, and that women at one time were not allowed to vote. How bizarre that seemed to me, as I wondered what kind of a world that was. One day in the future, children will learn American history and will have the same sense of bewilderment, that there was once a time when gay people were denied equal rights.
It is probably possible that some can live a completely fulfilled life without a significant other. Close friends and family can meet many of our needs for emotional intimacy and ultimate self-actualization, I suppose. Some people want to be alone, and that is their choice. But it would seem to me that most of us have the need for one special person in our lives, and we should all, gay or straight, have the right to choose whether we want to be married to that person, or not. Two are better than one, because one and one equals more than two, doesn't it? It is a wonderful sort of math that everyone should have the right to experience.
How can we ever be all that we could be, without that one person who knows us better than anyone else does? That one person with whom we are emotionally naked, who has seen all the parts of us, even the parts we think aren't pretty, and loves us unconditionally? That one person who can call us out like no one else would dare to, and we can hear whatever they have to say, because the trust is there? That one person who knows when we need to be challenged, who says, yes I see that you have fallen down, come on now, get back up here. That one person who, when the world seems cold, says come on now, get over here and I will keep you warm.
Every one of us should have an equal shot at that.
Susan
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