Celebrating diversity

For about 20 years, the push to be diverse has taken a stronghold on this country.

And despite the ongoing battle to legalize same-sex marriage — the California Supreme Court ruled to uphold Prop. 8 last Tuesday — our state, especially the Bay Area, is overly liberal in its thinking. This includes how local residents often times don’t think twice when it comes to the LGBT communities.

Unfortunately, a small group of East Bay parents didn’t get their copies of the “embrace diversity” handbook.

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Earth Day philosophy every day?

On Tuesday - Earth Day 2009 - people around the globe will come together to celebrate the great planet we live on.

On the “official” Earth Day Web site it reads, “Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment."

Hmmm … interesting. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could incorporate this “vision” into a way of life for all? Not only on Earth Day, but the other 364 days of the year, as well? And let’s expand the focus from the environment to include say … one another?

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