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“Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.”

Ought Equal Institutions Sacred Unions Protection Equal Protection

Author:James McGreevey

“SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.”

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

“In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.”

Should Humans Human Beings Cities Equal Sacred Details

Author:Enrique Penalosa

“Truth indeed is sacred; but, as Pilate said, "What is truth?" Show us the undoubted infallible criterion of absolute truth, and we will hold it as a sacred inviolable thing. But in the absence of that infallible criterion, we have all an equal right to grope about in our search of it, and no body and no school nor clique must be allowed to set up a standard of orthodoxy which shall bar the freedom of scientific inquiry.”

Said Shows Body School Equal Standards Absolutes Sacred Absence Bars Inquiry Criteria Orthodoxy Infallible Absolute Truth Clique

Author:William Stanley Jevons

“Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness.”

Humans Government Liberty Moral Support Virtue Honor Equal Sacred Excellence Scales Former Productive Latter Pretension Human Happiness Moral Excellence

Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

“All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”

“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.”

Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation