From your Founder of iLLLi- We are having such fun being part of this contest- America’s Favorite Couple. Our 20th anniversary is this Thursday, July 3rd and with the shadows that still hover over people who are happy and gay, we feel our win and editorial in Variety is a great statement…love is love. PERIOD! Thank you so much for your support through the years…WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO VOTE FOR US! @officialfavcouple Voting is NOW! You get one free vote! https://americasfavcouple.org/2025/temple-and-bb Loving life, BB and Temple (fb)

United, we stand; divided we are merely a distraction. This quote came to me a number of years ago and if ever it holds true, it’s now. When I read the constitution, the words, “We the people of the United States” is a brand of intention. We must embody these words for the remaining decrees to be accomplished within the constitution! Never in my lifetime have I seen such division. We are not the Republican States of America nor are we the Democratic States. We are the United States. How do we accomplish a peaceful and loving nation, when we cannot seem to carry out the first three words. “We the people.” As a Spiritual Leader, I am asking you and myself with integrity and heart to please cease the bullying and the need to be right. Please cease from the memes that carry no name of responsibility with them,name calling, and the energy that brings forth feelings within all of us of being back in middle school once again. Any time we label others we close the gap on our inner understanding, intuition, and simple common sense. Anytime we group a collective body of people together with name-calling, we have shut off the faculty of feeling and compassion. What if we begin to state what we are for rather than what we are against. Let us bring people from all walks of life into a United State of connection, compassion and deeper clarity. Unless we are guided by the inner truth of our Spirit rather than being influenced by the loudest voices - our purpose will not sustain itself. Permanent change requires the Spirit of Life to permeate through every aspect of our being. Today beyond all others, let us emerge with a United belief that we will be more together than we are apart. When storms, floods and fires tear down communities we do not see people showing passports, asking about their sexual orientation, seeking to know their political interest, discussing their faith as if it is the only answer. Friends and people in the Spirit of Unity. We are in this state now. We are in a storm seeking to awaken us. Let’s do this together with an open heart and a willing mind. Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes (fb)