1. This picture of Chicago Christians who showed up at a gay pride parade to apologize for homophobia in the Church.
... and the reaction from the parade.
2. This story about Japanese senior citizens who volunteered to tackle the nuclear crisis at Fukushima power station so that young people wouldn't have to subject themselves to radiation.
3. This picture of two Norwegian guys rescuing a sheep from the ocean.
4. This sign at an awesome bookshop.
5. This poll about what Snooki should name her child.
6. The moment in which this Ohio athlete stopped to help an injured competitor across the finish line during a track meet.
17-year-old Meghan Vogel was in last place in the 3,200-meter run when she caught up to competitor Arden McMath, whose body was giving out. Instead of running past her to avoid the last-place finish, Vogel put McMath's arm around her shoulders, carried her 30 meters, and then pushed her over the finish line before crossing it.
7. This exchange between a 3-year-old girl and a shopping center.
8. This note that was handed to a waiter along with a $20 bill by an elderly lady in his restaurant.
9. This sign at an awesome Subway restaurant.
10. This picture of a villager carrying stranded kittens to dry land during floods in Cuttack City, India.
11. This sign at an awesome drycleaner's.
Elite Cleaners in Minneapolis helped over 2,000 unemployed workers that couldn't afford dry cleaning. Owner Don Chapman estimated that it cost his company $32,000 dollars.
12. This photograph of a man giving his shoes to a homeless girl in Rio de Janeiro.
13. This picture of a firefighter administering Oxygen to a cat rescued from a house fire.
14. And this one.
15. This interaction between a Guatemalan girl and a tourist she just met.
16. This gesture from a neighbor.
17. These photos of two children collaborating to rescue a dog who had fallen into a ravine.
18. This note on a young family's check.
19. This exchange between a protester and a soldier during a protest in Brazil.
20. These pictures of a man jumping into rough waters to rescue a stranger's Shih Tzu in Melbourne.
Sue Drummond was walking her beloved Shih Tzu, Bibi, on a pier in Melbourne, when a fierce gust of wind picked him up and hurled him into the rough waters of the bay. A passerby, Raden Soemawinata, who happened to be on the pier that day to scatter his grandmother's ashes, wasted no time in stripping down and diving into the bay to rescue the animal.
21. And this photograph of two best friends on a swing.
Source. I recall some of these stories being featured here on _p! Many thanks to everyone who keeps the 'good news' tag alive. I hope this helps everyone make it through their Hump Day :D
... and the reaction from the parade.
2. This story about Japanese senior citizens who volunteered to tackle the nuclear crisis at Fukushima power station so that young people wouldn't have to subject themselves to radiation.
3. This picture of two Norwegian guys rescuing a sheep from the ocean.
4. This sign at an awesome bookshop.
5. This poll about what Snooki should name her child.
6. The moment in which this Ohio athlete stopped to help an injured competitor across the finish line during a track meet.
17-year-old Meghan Vogel was in last place in the 3,200-meter run when she caught up to competitor Arden McMath, whose body was giving out. Instead of running past her to avoid the last-place finish, Vogel put McMath's arm around her shoulders, carried her 30 meters, and then pushed her over the finish line before crossing it.
7. This exchange between a 3-year-old girl and a shopping center.
8. This note that was handed to a waiter along with a $20 bill by an elderly lady in his restaurant.
9. This sign at an awesome Subway restaurant.
10. This picture of a villager carrying stranded kittens to dry land during floods in Cuttack City, India.
11. This sign at an awesome drycleaner's.
Elite Cleaners in Minneapolis helped over 2,000 unemployed workers that couldn't afford dry cleaning. Owner Don Chapman estimated that it cost his company $32,000 dollars.
12. This photograph of a man giving his shoes to a homeless girl in Rio de Janeiro.
13. This picture of a firefighter administering Oxygen to a cat rescued from a house fire.
14. And this one.
15. This interaction between a Guatemalan girl and a tourist she just met.
16. This gesture from a neighbor.
17. These photos of two children collaborating to rescue a dog who had fallen into a ravine.
18. This note on a young family's check.
19. This exchange between a protester and a soldier during a protest in Brazil.
20. These pictures of a man jumping into rough waters to rescue a stranger's Shih Tzu in Melbourne.
Sue Drummond was walking her beloved Shih Tzu, Bibi, on a pier in Melbourne, when a fierce gust of wind picked him up and hurled him into the rough waters of the bay. A passerby, Raden Soemawinata, who happened to be on the pier that day to scatter his grandmother's ashes, wasted no time in stripping down and diving into the bay to rescue the animal.
21. And this photograph of two best friends on a swing.
Source. I recall some of these stories being featured here on _p! Many thanks to everyone who keeps the 'good news' tag alive. I hope this helps everyone make it through their Hump Day :D
Okay, here we go.
Another critique.
They're called the Marin Foundation and they're based in Chicago, if you want to google for more.
...okay i'm going away now.
It seems to be trying to say that unless the churchfolk decide they biblically approve it doesn't matter whether or not they act against denying human rights, encouraging homophobic acts and slurs, etc.
I think a decent parallel would be this: I am Jewish. I am not particularly observantly Jewish. I have relatives who are Orthodox. On the one hand, given half a chance, they'd love to get me to not eat trayf or drive on the sabbath. I'm not going to eat trayf or drive on the sabbath directly in front of them, and they're not going to make a big issue of it, otherwise. Do they think I'm sinning? Sure. Do they try to force me to act and believe as they do? No. Are there others who would try to? Yes, and I'm pretty sure I saw articles about that here on ONTD.
[edit: I'll note that I skimmed the article pretty quickly as I should have closed the computer half an hour ago, minimum]
Edited at 2012-06-22 04:36 pm (UTC)
I haven't had my tea yet, so maybe I'm not thinking this through entirely, though.
I also think by talking/writing: lemme try again.
It /sounds/ like this group does not approve of bullying folk for being LGBT, and does not plan to try to force people to be straight, and is saying they do not approve of violent actions or words, unlike other evangelicals. It's a good point that they're probably also not lobbying for marriage equality. But what /I'm/ looking sideeyed at is the concept that "unless you wholly approve and change your interpretation of whether X is ok in your own religion you might as well be still trying to kill us for who we are"
I was taking issue with the wording, "Didn't the group from #1 turn out to be frauds?" which did not seem to be an accurate description of the links later provided.
:shrug:
>:|
MOTHERFUCKERING HUMANITY.