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General inamata welcoming him and the symbol of his country and knowing the origins of the origami and knowing that we have his blessing and his countrys blessing, and working with us to make the world better. And create more peace to create tolerance and acceptance for everyone and that this will always improve the quality of life for everyone on this planet. And so, it is with that, that i welcome mr. Inamata and the Council General of japan here to say a few words before we exchange our blessings to each other as cities and as countries trying to help the world improve. Council general than...

Than this symbol. We will see the wishes, that this tree represents for all of us. And that will make this world, with our own decisions, with our own hands, more acceptance, more tolerance, as we wait with great anxiousness on our u. S. Supreme court to exhibit their tolerance in our United States for the samesex marriage that we all deserve. [ applause ] i also wanted to again, acknowledge that this is the season of giving, and hope that you will join us from now to the end of january, and a donation in the city hall when you have to visit, we have canisters for those who need food for this ...

I will be reading wishes tonight and alternate. The first is from sisters in gramic of the sisters of loreto my wish is that we achieve Marriage Equality in every state and we resend doma on the federal level to achieve full quality for lesbian and gay relationships across the land. I wish that the bees were not dying from. That is a good one. My hope is for improved Economic Conditions for my countrys most Vulnerable People that we create healthy environments and green spaces and by country men and women become fully conscious of their ability to change things for the better. Baptist from hai...

And if i may say again, these holidays and what the tree represent is the best hope and wishes. The holidays should never be about ourselves. What reminds us and what this tree will continue doing, is that you have to remember others that are less fortunate, and share our hearts and our minds and our resources with them. And it is just like japan, for what they have done. If you read the papers recently, you know, that japan suffered a very harsh earthquake and tsunami a while back. And they could have easily said, that we are victims of a national disaster. But, when the country heard that th...

And as we raise our communitys consciousness, we fund and we raise funds to support relief efforts all around the world. Our projects focus on, education, hunger, safe drinking water, and disaster relief, and all kinds of different ways of helping people. We have ongoing projects in cambodia, haiti, and south africa and helping out in areas just as the tsunami in South East Asia and the earthquake and tsunami in japan and last year, and during Hurricane Katrina we tributed one mill object pounds of food aid. [ applause ] and all of that is coming from the lgbt and friends community. So we work...