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The Beautiful in Life

March 10, 2010

VCU Commons, March 10, 2010Posted by Kimberly Allen

In today's Word from Grace Street, sent early this morning, Wallace+ wrote about the beautiful in life:

"We need beauty and joy and laughter a much as anything. We need refreshment. With that in mind, I had planned on writing today about something less difficult and more beautiful, that is, until the Attorney General crashed my happy party!

So then, and to be quite serious for a moment, please read here about the AG's letter of this week, and please read here about a rally taking place at noon at VCU. While regrettably I may not be able to attend the rally, I hope you will consider attending, in the name of, a la our Baptismal Covenant, seeking and serving Christ in all persons and respecting the dignity of every human being.

Now then, on with the beautiful: Last night I finished reading Mary Oliver's "Our World," about her life with her late partner "M.," who died just a few years ago..."

Over 1,000 people turned out today for the rally Wallace+ mentions above, including some people from St. Paul's. Afterward, hundreds of students walked from the VCU Commons to Capitol Square to peacefully and lawfully bring their message of inclusion, equality, and justice to the General Assembly.

Beautiful, indeed.

 

 

Update: March 11, 2010

Service members recently deployed to Iraq talk about why they participated in yesterday's rally against discrimination.

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