If I could share a message with everyone on the planet at
the same time, it would be this: Please, please stop labeling yourself by the
thing (or things) that make you different from the rest of us. Stop calling
yourself gay or black or disabled or liberal or atheist or female or whatever.
Stop being so quick to take offense when you don’t see your particular minority
represented the way you’d like in a movie or television show, in your workplace
or government or community. Instead, start thinking of the ways in which we are
all the same. If you remember we’re all sons and daughters of the same God, suddenly
you find yourself treating everyone else like brothers and sisters should. If
you ARE atheist, the very least you can do is remind yourself we’re all fellow
passengers to the grave, and there are many ways to make the journey more
pleasant for all of us.
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