People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it’s not being in loving homes that hurts children most.
– DaShanne Stokes
Related Quotes:
- I write because it hurts.because I need it to hurt.because it hurts in the mostbeautiful way possible.(because it hurts like you) – F D Soul
- Bigots often like to say they’re the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the ‘pity the privileged’ routine. – DaShanne Stokes
- We owe our loyalty to each other and to our children’s children, not to party politics. – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror. – DaShanne Stokes
- Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes
- I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving. – Frida Kahlo
- The Bible teaches that our homes should be hospitable and that those who come in and out of our homes should sense the presence of Christ. – Billy Graham
- Today’s troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don’t want their children to have parents – Agona Apell
- Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people. – DaShanne Stokes
- A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. – DaShanne Stokes
- You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin. – DaShanne Stokes
- The power of love is that it sees all people. – DaShanne Stokes
- People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible. – DaShanne Stokes
- One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good. – DaShanne Stokes
- No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. – DaShanne Stokes
- Today’s ‘religious freedom’ policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege doesn’t just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
- An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people. – DaShanne Stokes
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting racism being ‘PC’ when they don’t want to confront their own prejudice – DaShanne Stokes
- Countries adopting free-market capitalism have increased output 70-fold, halved work days and doubled lifespans. – Stefan Molyneux
- By voluntarily adopting a dominated body posture you display the fact that you have accepted to be inferior. – JF Bouchard
- Adopting the language of a pretense only serves to ease participation in it. – Bartok
- You can never hurt anyone without hurting yourself. Never hurt an innocent, loving, and kind animal. – Debasish Mridha
- You can hurt some of the people some of the time, you never can hurt all the people all the time but you can love all the people most of the time. – Debasish Mridha
- Those who suffer suffer because hurt people hurt people, and busy people let it happen. So am I going to be busy or am I going to be brave? – Marquita BurkeDeJesus
- Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
- Free elections don’t always result in fair elections. – DaShanne Stokes
- Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Violence isn’t a Democrat or Republican problem. It’s an American problem, requiring an American solution. – DaShanne Stokes
- We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts. – DaShanne Stokes
- Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. – DaShanne Stokes
- Calling for an end to hate shouldn’t be treated as a punishable offense. – DaShanne Stokes
- Lies sound like facts to those who’ve been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. – DaShanne Stokes
- The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that’s the minute bigotry wins. – DaShanne Stokes
- Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes