"THE KEY TO FREEDOM" -
"The Fifth Step is
the key to freedom.
It allows us to live clean
in the present. Sharing
the exact nature of our
wrongs sets us free
to live." (The Basic
Text, p. 31)
MAKING THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE ARCH -
"Carefully reading
the first five proposals
we ask if we have omitted
anything, for we are build-
ing an arch through which
we shall walk a free man
at last." (The Big Book,
p. 75)
"What we're talking about here is allowing individuals who have the same impulses, the same drives, the same desires as all of the rest of us, to have a relationship in harmony, stability, and to form a family ... . And now, tell me how it helps the rest of the citizens of California to keep them out of the club. It doesn't."
Ted Olsen (1940 - ) closing argument from the co-lead counsel for CA Marriage Equality (6/17/10)
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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