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.
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