Cempaka Belanda: 'Love is love': Obama lauds gay marriage activists in hailing 'a victory for America'

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Friday, June 26, 2015

'Love is love': Obama lauds gay marriage activists in hailing 'a victory for America'

Politicians begin to weigh in on the supreme court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, with Republicans notably expressing far more divisive opinions

The Guardian, Ben Jacobs in Washington, Friday 26 June 2015

“Love is love,” declared Barack Obama, in the aftermath of the supreme court’s landmark decision on gay marriage on Friday.

In a speech in the White House Rose Garden, the president warmly embraced the court’s 5-4 decision in Obergefell v Hodges as a step towards making “our union a little more perfect”. He described the ruling as “a victory for America”.

“This ruling is a victory for Jim Obergefell and the other plaintiffs in the case,” he said. “It’s a victory for gay and lesbian couples who have fought so long for their basic civil rights. It’s a victory for their children, whose families will now be recognized as equal to any other. It’s a victory for the allies and friends and supporters who spent years, even decades, working and praying for change to come.

“And this ruling is a victory for America. This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.”

Obama referenced proudly the work of activists who he said had labored for “years, even decades” in the fight for marriage equality, and said the decision was “a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things”.

The White House released this image, of the building colored like the rainbow
flag, on Facebook following the supreme court’s ruling. Photograph: Facebook

He also praised the court for reaffirming “that all Americans are entitled to the equal protection of the law. That all people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love”.

Obama noted that “progress often comes in small increments, two steps forward and one step back”, but celebrated the court’s decision as a reminder that sometimes “justice arrives like a thunderbolt”. He praised the decision as “an extraordinary achievement” and referenced a statement made by Robert F Kennedy.

“What an extraordinary achievement,” he said. “What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. What a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.”

Obama’s powerful statement came as a little surprise. The president publicly endorsed same-sex marriage in 2012 and referenced the push for gay marriage in his second inaugural speech. Almost in lockstep, leading Democrats echoed his words.

Among presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton said in a statement: “I am celebrating today’s landmark victory for marriage equality.” Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley proclaimed that the “supreme court affirmed that marriage is a human right – not a state right … the American dream is strongest when all are included”. And Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said: “Today the supreme court fulfilled the words engraved upon its building: ‘Equal justice under law.’”

The Democratic National Committee chair, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, used similar language to the president, saying “Love is love, and love is now the law”, while Senate minority leader Harry Reid celebrated the decision and said: “The supreme court ruled on the right side of history.”

In a particularly poignant statement, the Democratic New York congressman Sean Patrick Maloney said: “Last year, I celebrated this ruling in a personal way – by marrying my now-husband Randy after 22 years together, with whom I have raised three beautiful children. While the idea of marriage was once impossible in the eyes of the federal government, because of the supreme court’s action, our relationship was finally treated as equal under federal law.”

Maloney added: “These triumphs are not only for families like mine, but for millions of Americans who still face legal discrimination simply for who they are and who they love.”

Republicans expressed far more diverse opinions. Some were ready to accept the court’s decision. Ohio senator Rob Portman, a supporter of gay marriage, said: “I would have preferred for this issue to be resolved by the democratic process in the states because I think you build a more lasting consensus that way.” But he added: “Now the court has reached its decision, I hope we can move past the division and polarization the issue has caused.”

Some presidential candidates took similar tacks. Dr Ben Carson, who supports civil unions, said: “While I strongly disagree with the supreme court’s decision, their ruling is now the law of the land.”

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham echoed Carson, saying: “I am a proud defender of traditional marriage and believe the people of each state should have the right to determine their marriage laws. However, the supreme court has ruled that state bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional, and I will respect the court’s decision.”

Graham expressed his opposition to the pursuit of a constitutional amendment to overturn the court’s decision, adding: “Furthermore, given the quickly changing tide of public opinion on this issue, I do not believe that an attempt to amend the US constitution could possibly gain the support of three-fourths of the states or a supermajority in the US Congress.”

Not all Republicans were so pragmatic. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said: “The supreme court can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than it can the laws of gravity.

Huckabee went on to compare the court to King George III, saying: “I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.”

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker called for a constitutional amendment. In his opinion, “this supreme court decision is a grave mistake. Five unelected judges have taken it upon themselves to redefine the institution of marriage.”

Walker went on to argue: “The only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment to the US constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage.”

On Capitol Hill, House majority whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana pointedly proclaimed that he agreed with Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in the case. Scalia condemned what he said were the “unelected judges [who] took it upon themselves to rewrite the laws to their own personal liking”.

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"The Akashic Circle" – Jul 17, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: Religion, The Humanization of God, Benevolent Design, DNA, Akashic Circle, (Old) Souls, Gaia, Indigenous People, Talents, Reincarnation, Genders, Gender Switches, In “between” Gender Change, Gender Confusion, Shift of Human Consciousness, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

“… Gender Switching

Old souls, let me tell you something. If you are old enough, and many of you are, you have been everything. Do you hear me? All of you. You have been both genders. All of you have been what I will call between genders, and that means that all of you have had gender switches. Do you know what happens when it's time for you to switch a gender? We have discussed it before. You'll have dozens of lifetimes as the same gender. You're used to it. It's comfortable. You cannot conceive of being anything else, yet now it's time to change. It takes approximately three lifetimes for you to get used to it, and in those three lifetimes, you will have what I call "gender confusion."

It isn't confusion at all. It's absolutely normal, yet society often will see it as abnormal. I'm sitting here telling you you've all been through it. All of you. That's what old souls do. It's part of the system. …”