Let us say no to hate.  It is something that we have the power individually to do.   On January 13, we saw a 9 year old girl born on 9/11 who was buried in Arizona, murdered by a man who sought to assassinate Congresswoman Giffords and shooting a crowd who went to see her.  The response has been more anger, more venom, and some places even more hate.   We can say “enough.”  And it is time for us to see for ourselves how much control that hate has over our lives.

So we offer this challenge to ourselves and to you.  Let us try a one month moratorium on hate – whether it is those who call others “thugs” or preach about the “worst people in the world.”  Let us step away from such venom, harsh words, and accusations, and yes, hatred, towards others for one month – from January 14 to February 14, concluding on Valentine’s Day.

We could have picked any day to attempt this moratorium on hate, but let’s start now – let’s start today.

Furthermore, we offer you  an Online Petition to take a public stand and tell the world that you will join this one month without hate at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mowohate/petition.html

Then tell us your experiences, and we will anonymously (unless you want to be public on them) report them here on February 14.  Let us see individually what a struggle it is to go a month without hate, and see what type of grip hate has on our lives as individuals.

To take a stand against hate, we declare our intentions and our goals to take charge of our lives and declare a month-long moratorium on hate.  We seek to reject hate in our lives from in this month from January 14 to February 14.  We seek to stop allowing hate-filled images, words, and comments in our individual lives and not allow hate to be a source of entertainment or interest in our daily lives.

We seek first and foremost to change hate in OUR lives, before we seek to change the lives of others.  We will use this month where we reject hate in our lives to be consistent on hate.

We will reject the hate that continues to be spread throughout the world in many ways and many places, on the Internet, in public, in private, in media outlets, among politicians, and among ourselves.

We will reject hate against identity groups of our fellow human beings’ race, religion, nationality, creed, gender, sexual orientation, and we commit that it will not be a part of our lives for the next month.  We will reject all slurs and cruel terms against our fellow human beings.

To those who seek to cling to hate, we offer an outstretched hand, not an upraised fist.  They too are our brothers and sisters in humanity.

We urge all to join us in this month long moratorium rejecting hate in our lives.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.

We take this public stance to prove that we have the Courage to defy hate in our own lives.