AND JUSTICE FOR ALL............

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We are not perfect.  In fact, we are mess!  We are a melting pot with seasonings from all parts of the earth, all religions, all political views, and all economic standings.  We are men and women from all nations who have different sexual orientations and passions, yet we all pledge to stand for liberty and justice for all.  

In those times where there is a clash of rights and fights over justice, there are those people in our world who show us the way to live and how to bring change through peaceful means.  Sometimes this has lead to the assassination of those who dare to stand to stand for peace and justice.  This year as we celebrate the coming of God into our world, let us remember those who followed what Jesus taught us to do.

JESUS CHRIST

John 8:7 “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, ‘Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.’”

John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that they world might be saved though him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Matthew 5:11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.”

Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. 

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. 

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. 

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. 

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. 

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. 

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. 

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. 

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. 

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. 

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. 

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

MAHATMA GANDHI

REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

HARVEY MILK

MEL WHITE

“The Bible becomes a dead idol when we call the words between its covers inerrant, infallible, to be taken literally. This is not a dead book. It is alive. Open it carefully because the new truth that might come leaping out at you could change your life forever.”


“Fundamentalist Christians are my sisters and brothers, my family and friends, my oldest colleagues and coworkers. But I fear their love for the nation has become an obsession to reshape it in their own image.”


“Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth…these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on.”


“I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.”