Courtney Heard · · 1 min read

This Video About Moderate Muslims Made Me Cheer

A moderate Muslim American woman stands up and confronts a panel about discrimination. The answer she got was absolutely perfect, and so well said that I nearly knocked over my tea cheering. Notice the standing ovation… people are hearing this message.

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Wake Up! What Theists Don’t Realize About Supporting Marriage Equality

Courtney Heard · · 5 min read

Wake Up! What Theists Don’t Realize About Supporting Marriage Equality

Yesterday, in response to this post, I was told on Twitter that I alone, more or less, am making LGBT rights a divisive issue between theists and atheists.While I found this entirely laughable – perhaps they were confusing me with God? – the conversation that ensued just absolutely blew my mind. Ultimately, I realized that LGBT rights supporting theists don’t actually understand that the fight for marriage equality is damn near entirely a fight directly against religion.They don’t get that they

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