Such a sad week... Some in our government are once again trying to write discrimination into the Constitution, rejecting the diversity that comes from immigration, the whole idea of a multicultural society and failing to recognize what families really are.
Whatever happened to "The Golden Rule"? ...
Buddhism: "Hurt not others in that you yourself would find hurtful." --Udana-Varga 5:18
Christianity:"As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them." --Luke 6:31
Islam: "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." --Sunnah
Judaism:"That which is hateful unto you, do not impose on others." --Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Confucianism: "Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you." --Analects 15:23
Hinduism: "Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you."--Mahabharata 5:1517
Sikhism: "As thou deemest thyself, so deem others."
Taoism:"Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." --T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien
Wicca: "An ye harm none, do what ye will." --Wiccan Rede
Zoroastrianism:That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto anotherwhatsoever is not good for itself." --Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
What's going on? Is it every man for himself ? What's happened to compassion for our fellow man ? :(
Oh... found a wonderful quote from non-other than Margaret Cho: “Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you
