"[Mayor] Auman offered five #amendments, including adding a #political #party as a protected category under the ordinance, [and] adding a genuine statement of #religious belief as a valid #defense for violating the ordinance...

"All Auman’s proposed amendments died... Auman then spoke for a further 30 minutes about what he described as the #legal flaws in the ordinance."

None of it worked! 🥳 ❤️

https://decaturish.com/2023/06/atucker-mayor-fails-to-block-nondiscrimination-ordinance/
#Tucker #mayor fails to block #nondiscrimination #ordinance

#IAmDB

"I asked [my students] whether it was easier to feel compassion for a lobster, or a human being. I want them to think about who we feel compassion for, and why, so they could begin to interrogate their own assumptions and prejudices."

Jeff Wilson explores the #Buddhist teachings of #nondiscrimination, #compassion, and appropriate applications in our difficult world at Young Buddhist Editorial, a collective of mostly young mostly #JodoShinshu engaged Buddhists

#Buddhism

https://www.youngbuddhisteditorial.com/articles/compassion-for-lobsters

"I asked [my students] whether it was easier to feel compassion for a lobster, or a human being. I want them to think about who we feel compassion for, and why, so they could begin to interrogate their own assumptions and prejudices."

Jeff Wilson explores the #Buddhist teachings of #nondiscrimination, #compassion, and appropriate applications in our difficult world at Young Buddhist Editorial, a collective of mostly young mostly #JodoShinshu engaged Buddhists

#Buddhism

https://www.youngbuddhisteditorial.com/articles/compassion-for-lobsters