Purple

Wednesday, October 20 has been designated Spirit Day to mourn the recent spate of tragic deaths/suicides of gay teenagers and young people in general due to bullying.

Two of the people I work with have daughters who have been viciously bullied and harassed in the local high school -- not for anything gay but just because some people like to pick on and abuse those they perceive as weak or different in some way. Surely we all agree this trend must end.

So do a small thing -- wear something purple. No one will probably know that it means anything. But you will know. And when you see someone else wearing purple on Wednesday, maybe that person is also standing against hate and for love.

Didn't SomeOne say something about what we do for the least of these?