Yesterday I began my blog with Henry Ward Beecher's quote, "Love is the river of life in the world."
Today, I switch gears to comment upon the rascist group that held a concert this past weekend in the Columbia River Gorge town of Cascade Locks. The Hood River County Sheriff's department, US Forest Service law enforcement agents, Oregon State Police and American Indian tribal police combined their considerable law enforcement resources to handle security for what some observers have described as one of the biggest hate-group gatherings.
I support the right to free speech and I support the right for people of like minds to peacefully gather; but I do not support organized hate.
Why is it so much easier to hate than it is to love?
Why is tolerance such a dirty word?
Ever wonder how many hate groups reside in your state?
What about you? Do you have any hidden bias of which you are unaware? Would you like to know? Want to take an online test(s) to find out?
Hatred sickens me. Violence sickens me. These things do not empower or ennoble. They diminish and degrade.
Just thinking of it all brings me to my knees in prayer and in one aching breath I plead,
"Oh Holy Father, make us instruments of thy peace......."
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"No hate groups have been found in this state this year."
http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/state.jsp?S=NM&m=3
there is hope
Yes, only three states appear to be hate group free....
As long as we have the courage to speak out against hatred and injustice there is always hope!
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