Article January 20, 2003 Issue

The golden rule versus prejudice

By David Degler

When I was about ten, I would ride my bicycle to a gas station in our neighborhood. A man who worked there befriended me. He was the first adult male who had ever paid any attention to me. He listened to what I had to say, and he told me interesting things.

When we acknowledge another person's spiritual identity, we have a clear basis for loving them and treating them as we want to be treated.