http://tolerantjust.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Tolerance and Justice en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:03:39 GMT 2010-01-07T13:03:39Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727407&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Dear Friends, I miss you so so so much, you can't imagine how much. I'm so sorry because I still didn't post my photos of Luxor and Aswan... But, really I'm facing serious problems in my law school . . . Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727407&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2009-07-02T16:31:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977598758&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Hey guys, I'm writing to you from Mc Aswan right now and I'll be in Cairo after about 18 hours... We took lots of photos and I'll upload them as soon as possible by God's will. . . . Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:34:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977598758&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2009-02-18T16:34:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429253&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace The pros and cons of abortion always make for lively and heated discussion here on Gather and elsewhere wherever human beings congregate.  Abortion is a subject on which everyone has an opinion but . . . Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:00:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429253&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-08-24T18:00:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423199&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace  From my e-mail:   White folk wanted to make the USA a great country.  What did they do?  They went to Africa and enslaved Blacks to turn the country  into an agricultural . . . Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:08:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423199&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Nyota *Star* 2008-08-17T00:08:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423203&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace   "Time helps you forget your pain" What a lie we all tell each other! And if we forget, we'll remember again, So why try, pretend or even bother?! . . . Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:11:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423203&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace roaa z. 2008-08-17T00:11:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423249&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Here is another e-mail sent to me, that I found amusing and wanted to share.   Jokes You Can Tell In Church   A little girl, dressed in her Sunday best, was running as fast as she . . . Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:02:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423249&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Nancy D. 2008-08-17T02:02:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426210&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Searching for word to express my sadness a strong wind caress my tears easing my pain inside I get on my knees in pray upon her last breath I remember her smile full of grace.. Today . . . Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:13:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426210&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2008-08-21T00:13:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426492&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace A lot of questions should be asked and a lot of issues concerning equality and women rights should be discussed and clarified for both men and women. First of all, are woman equal to man?!!! . . . Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:03:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426492&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-21T08:03:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427604&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Childhood cancer is a subject that is very important to me.  I have a 4 year old grandson who has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  He was diagnosed at 2 years of age and is still undergoing chemotherapy.  . . . Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:44:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427604&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace paula M. 2008-08-22T13:44:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429089&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace as a retiree, put out of the business world, people say I should have plenty of time, but, whatever time is,  I don’t have any of it to spare   time after time I’m late, . . . Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:22:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429089&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace poetrandy R. 2008-08-24T12:22:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977425496&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace In the last few years, I was so interested in women rights and equality between men and women not because they have the same capacities and abilities but because their capacities and abilities are complementary. . . . Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:51:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977425496&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-20T04:51:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424874&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace "...a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than God..." (Qur'an,9:111)   "...You . . . Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:59:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424874&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-19T11:59:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423003&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace "God is He, than Whom there is no other god;- Who knows (all things) both secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. God is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the Holy . . . Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:12:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423003&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-16T18:12:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418705&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace May be you have to recieve it... Message to the Democrats Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:34:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418705&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-11T06:34:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418091&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Hope on the horizon? The unified personal status bill for Christians is to be issued separately from the draft pertaining to Muslims. A long line of committees must study it before it ends up at the . . . Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:03:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418091&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-10T11:03:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418080&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace There is an article that I want to share with you...  By Daniel Yankelovich First Published: July 27, 2008   As the competition for the US presidency heats up, the threat of Muslim . . . Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:10:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418080&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-10T10:10:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415969&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Before I write this let me start off by saying if you know me personally please do not talk to my kids about anything that is to follow.  My mom does not want them to know what is going on yet, . . . Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:35:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415969&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Kimber L. 2008-08-07T17:35:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977399648&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace A person with a mind of my own. An individual who is unique in every way. A creation of the God of love and my parents. A woman of great ambitions and virtues. Sometimes a child at heart, . . . Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:36:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977399648&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Nancy D. 2008-07-16T22:36:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417432&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace This coded message is for you.  If you can decode it and understand its meaning your life will change forever. UPI DJSLL LMPE YJR YTIYJ SMF YJR YTIYJ EOLL DRY UPI GTRR Good luck and . . . Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:39:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417432&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-08-09T12:39:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417718&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace This morning I posted an encoded message.  In less than 4 hours a Gather member had broken the code and posted the encripted message.  The message, "You shall know the truth and the truth . . . Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:06:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417718&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-08-09T21:06:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417855&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Don't tell me God isn't always at work.  Don't tell me He doesn't exsist.  I know first hand that He works in ways we cannot comprehend or understand until the final piece of . . . Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:54:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977417855&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Nancy D. 2008-08-10T00:54:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418063&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace "Praise be to God, to Whom everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs, and praise be to Him in the Hereafter..." (Qur'an, 34:1)   "Enter His gates with . . . Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:08:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977418063&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-10T08:08:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977408905&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace I don't mean what's wrong with some individuals or even some groups of people; I mean what's wrong with mankind taken as a whole.  The answer is, there is nothing wrong with the human . . . Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:37:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977408905&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-07-29T15:37:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977413579&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Baby Girls thrown to orphanages Thrown to the savages Because of their gender The rules you could not bender Why china do you have to be so cruel To baby girls that . . . Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:54:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977413579&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace amy s. 2008-08-04T18:54:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977414149&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace "for all power and honor belong to God. It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)" (Qur'an, 10:65)  "Lord of the Throne of Glory" (Qur'an, 85:15) "Glorify . . . Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:05:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977414149&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-08-05T12:05:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977410458&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but God. that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons . . . Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:09:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977410458&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-07-31T15:09:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977393905&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Dear God, If only for today keep me safe If only for today I will have something to eat If only for today I will not be lonely If only for today I will be alright If only for tonight I will . . . Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:29:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977393905&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace amy s. 2008-07-09T20:29:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402252&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Think all terrorists are foreigners?  Think all terrorists are religious fanatics?  Wrong.  We have our own homegrown all-american varieties.  We have our very own Ku-Klux-Klan, and . . . Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:18:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402252&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-07-20T11:18:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977398503&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace There have been a great many articles on the subject of religion published on Gather over the years.  And rightly so; religion is a very popular topic, and very contentious.  Everyone seems to . . . Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:23:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977398503&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace Thomas Millington 2008-07-15T16:23:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396847&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace The Athan broke the silence of the Islamic city, where all people were asleep so early in dawn. "Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar, Ash'hado An La ilah ila Allah, Ash'hado . . . Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:27:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396847&grpId=3659174697253962&nav=Groupspace mary J. 2008-07-13T17:27:29Z