Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

US Christians ‘bankrolling’ no campaign in Ireland’s gay marriage referendum | World news | The Guardian

With just five days to go before Ireland’s historic referendum on the legalisation of gay marriage, a bitter row has broken out between supporters and opponents over the funding of their respective campaigns. Supporters of a yes vote have accused opponents of a lack of transparency over finances and of accepting funding from rightwing Christian groups in the US.

Ireland’s referendum is the only one in the world where a national electorate is being asked to legalise gay marriage. If it is passed on Friday, gay couples will have the right under the state’s constitution to marry. At present only civil partnerships are recognised in law. Marriage equality would provide full rights of inheritance as well as the right to adopt children – the latter being the most contentious issue of the campaign. A yes vote would also mark yet another defeat for the Catholic church and the political power it used to wield in Ireland.

via US Christians ‘bankrolling’ no campaign in Ireland’s gay marriage referendum | World news | The Guardian.

The Beauty In Brutal Breakdowns. | Rebelle Society

I have come to see beauty in the breakdown and no longer shy away from this place of broken, real and uncomfortable. When I let go of resistance, broken-down becomes a place where I can rest. A place of naked tranquil abiding, where the trivialities of life no longer disturb or distress.

As a hospice nurse, I have the rare privilege of sharing in the exquisite and brutal breakdown that is death and the dying process.

I meet people when they are most vulnerable, and together we stand in the eye of the storm, bathed in uncomfortable uncertainty. I go with them into the deepest dark place of broken-down; I meet them in the inescapable exposed reality of the inevitable. It is an honor to help bear their pain, for the pain of loss belongs to all of us — none are exempt.

via The Beauty In Brutal Breakdowns. | Rebelle Society.

Look: 84-year-old yoga master puts his peers to shame: Shanghaiist

The man is such a pro he’s even come up with his own moves, including the “Buddha facing the heavens” and the ‘”four dragons with a pearl” positions.

Hou has volunteered to help at the Winter Olympics, and encourages others to practice yoga to “improve their health and promote fitness around the country”.

To top it off, Hou generously shares all he’s learned to the public. He currently teaches yoga in a local community center for free in Zhangjiakou City.

via Look: 84-year-old yoga master puts his peers to shame: Shanghaiist.

Cherokee Language Now Available on Google Android 

Principal Chief Bill John Baker and the Tribal Council honored the department’s 13 full-time translation specialists for the milestone during May’s Tribal Council meeting Monday.

“Cherokees have always been early adopters of adapting our native language onto the newest device of the time, from one of the first printing presses to manual typewriters and now the Android,” Chief Baker said. “It’s important that tribes preserve and share our language because it’s our identity, such a big part of who we are.”

via Cherokee Language Now Available on Google Android .