There is no better or
worse only different. That difference has to be respected whether it's skin
color, way of life, or ideas.
Kote
Kotah Chumash
We
believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon
its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the
individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes. No A.A. can compel
another to do anything; nobody can be punished or expelled. Our Twelve Steps to
recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity
contain not a single "Don't." They repeatedly say "We
ought..." but never "You must!"
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 129
Creator help me to
respect all things.