Reflections on Equity and Justice in America: Three cheers for Maryland

I know this is old news already, happened yesterday, but I am so proud of the great State of Maryland for bringing marriage equality to our community. It's all over the news media, so you don't need me to post a lot of links, but below are a few to make it easier for you. Maryland joins other great states, like New Hampshire and Vermont, (that are also close to my heart) in an effort to make this great nation more just and open and, frankly, modern.

thanks, Ingrid

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/maryland-gay-marriage-martin-o-malley-signs-bill_n_1314352.html

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-01/us/us_maryland-same-sex-marriage_1_hawaii-supreme-court-marriage-law-marriage-bill?_s=PM:US

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/us-usa-gaymarriage-maryland-idUSTRE8202CV20120301

Turning the soil

This quote is particularly meaningful to me and I hope others will appreciate its honesty as we work to be better people and good parents: "The thing about being an anti-racist parent is that you have to be brave. You have to keep pulling out the roots that are embedded in your own heart. It’s like one of those garden weeds that you can’t smother or yank or poison. You have to keep turning the soil and taking it out piece by piece with great determination, honesty and courage. With God’s grace your children will learn how to do that from watching you stumble and get up again to try to repair the damage. There is no chance they will grow up unaffected by racism. Our job is to teach them the tools to dismantle it, in our own fumbling, open-hearted way." http://curlykidz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/how_to_be_an_anti-racist_parent.pdf

Reflections on Equity and Justice in America

Friday, March 2, 2012

Three cheers for Maryland

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White supremacists storm the capital, and we are ready to move on