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Vive le différences
by Sara Coslett → (All Poetry by Sara Coslett)
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Today on the news I heard a man say that John Kerry should be ostracized from the Catholic Church because of his view that a woman has a right to choose whether to have an abortion or not. My Catholic husband turned to me, the Jew, and asked, “Why?” I replied, because ALL religions wish for their congregants to be homogeneous. They wish for them all to be the same, think the same, eat the same foods, frequent the same stores, go to the same schools, dress alike, look alike, everything needs to be the same, the same, the same. And like fish in the sea, or flocks of birds, when the leader turns direction all followers should turn with him/her.


 


It is this imposition of forced sameness that creates conflicts. If instead of nurturing sameness, we nurtured our differences, nurtured true tolerance and acceptance of our individual likes & dislikes, then perhaps society, humanity, would know peace.


 


Sara Coslett


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Reviewed by peter paton (Reader)
Reviewed on April 30, 2004
Sara
have you received all my previous E-mails .
I look forweard to hearing from you
Enclose my Latest-! Inner Sanctum "

Peter

Inner Sanctum

There is a unknown way , that Salvation knows , leads to my Inner Sanctum .

And if you consent , He wil lead you there , bound by a Royal Tie .

Time drifts alone , and Memory is stalled , and two lovers come into view ,

But no power on Earth , can shatter our new Divine Bond .


I'll whisper your name , and you'll cherish the Way , and take it with your Right Hand ,

For you now know , Love will always be discovered within my Inner Sanctum .

Intertwined and Threaded in the Vine of Light , this Union can never be broken ,

For we have been Chosen , and Nowone

Reviewed by Jim Dunlap
Reviewed on April 28, 2004
The title should be "Vive Les Differences". You are 100% right, of course, but I'm sure you will suffer the slings and arrows of outraged "pro lifers" (who are really anti life since they wish to drown the earth in bodies until there's no longer room for them to stand or food for them to eat. (Perhaps they will eat each other then.)

Reviewed by Franz Kessler
Reviewed on April 27, 2004
Only through tolerance one can appreciate difference. If not, there is only hatred and war. Franz

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on April 25, 2004
God, Sara, when you speak volumes, I can hear you as well as read you! Isn't it interesting that it's really only religion that tries this 'goose-step' approach to people, discouraging us from our glorious differences? A rapid run-through of some of the most horrendous attacks of one human to another has organized religion written all over it! God must even lose track, sometimes, trying to keep it all straight. One God? 50 million interpretations? Thank God he gave us 'free will'... we need it to choose NOT to follow what humans try to lay on us. Damned glad I got to this one, Sara! Carry on... katy xox.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
tolerance is the key to tearing down the wall of indifferent differences ...

Reviewed by Graham Donnachaidh
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
Sara...
very true is your comment....
as a Catholic, I was taught to think that the Pope was infallible in all things pertaining to the Catholic belief....therefore what he said ..was Law...and could never be challenged...the threat of commiting heresy chilled the bones...
So many similarities I now see in the US policy of invasion....inflict ones policies on others....so the world will eventually think as we do....

Your piece indeed warrants deep thoughts...

Pax Vobiscum...
Graham

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
Vive la différence indeed! I agree with Tinka. Thank you for sharing your views, Sara. Love and peace. Regis

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
Thank God for difference....or life would be so boring!!

Just think If ET looked like me.....not a big difference but still I have two eyes...and some hair........lol Ed lost his......heheh!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
'It is this imposition of forced sameness that creates conflict.'

I agree with your statement wholeheartedly, Sara.

Although this country was built by many diverse immigrants with extremely diverse lifestyles, backgrounds, religious beliefs, etc., we are all soon pigeon holed and force fed a homogeneous way of life - from the clothes they want us to buy, to the junky homogeneous fast food joints they constantly push on us.

Diversity should be embraced and cherished, and studied, and ancient noble heritages should be passed down to our children, who should also be taught that 'Different' is Good; not bad.

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on April 24, 2004
Which means John Kerry and I are very different.


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