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...State of New York, long used to pacing the Union in matters of social legislation, this week struck out on what may prove its most ambitious stride. The legislature passed and Governor Dewey signed a bill to outlaw employment discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin...
...Massachusetts F.E.P.C. bill, like that of New York, would lay penalties on employers who discriminate against workers because of race, color, or creed. Liberal forces throughout the nation are working to pass such laws in every state...
...wide variety in forms of government is compatible with social justice. . . . Without a family spirit [among nations] renewed strife is inevitable. . . . If the treaty makers are genuinely desirous of creating the conditions for peace, they must bring to the conference table a determination not to further their own political creed, but to restore a sense of security to the people of all nations...
...This reborn church . . . would pronounce ordinance, ritual, creed, all nonessential for admission into the Kingdom of God or His Church. A life, not a creed, would be the test. ... It would be the church of all the people . . . the church of the rich and the poor, the wise and the ignorant, the high and the low-a true democracy. ... I see all denominational emphasis set aside. I see cooperation, not competition. ... I see the church through its members molding the thought of the world and leading in all great movements. I see it literally establishing the Kingdom...
Gibran preached a diffuse Christianity without creed or ritual. He organized no church, held no services. Small groups of admirers formed in different cities; Lebanese exiles circulated around him; circles of twelve poets each, appointed for life and acknowledging Gibran as master, were organized in New York, Damascus, Beirut. His poetry in Arabic was apparently more striking than his vague, formless lines in English would suggest...