Love Others. It's That Simple.

These two related links get their own post. They're that incredible, and that important.

I'm Christian Unless You're Gay | Single Dad Laughing -- [Today's post is not about homosexuality. It's not about Christians. It's not about religion. It's not about politics. It's about something else altogether. Something greater. Something simpler. It's about love. It's about kindness. It's about friendship.] (via yoopie)

The greatest spiritual leaders in history have all preached love for others as the basis for all happiness, and never did they accompany such mandates with a list of unlovable actions or deeds. They never said, love everybody except for the gays. Love everybody except for the homeless. Love everybody except for the drug users. Love everybody except for the gang members, or those covered in ink, or the spouse abusers. They didn't tell us it was okay to love everybody with the exception of the "trailer trash," those living in poverty, or the illegal immigrants. They didn't tell us it was okay to love everybody except for our ex-lovers, our lovers' ex lovers, or our ex-lovers' lovers. The mandate was pretty damn clear, wasn't it?

Love others.

Period.

Powerful Responses to 'I'm Christian, unless you're gay.' | Single Dad Laughing -- [I'll be sharing a couple of less than beautiful responses first, and I only do so because I believe they will make the others that much more powerful. It's the beautiful responses that are most important, and I want to share with you those responses that meant more than the world to me when I received them.] -- Reading the responses he shared? Ugliness, ugliness, and then a slew of such incredible, heartbreaking love and beauty.

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