Its easy to be accepting of others when you personally know them. Unfortunately, its also easy to make assumptions when you don’t.
I met a transgender person last year – and now I see a very real person when I think of transgender people. That is a huge difference!
Many “facts” we have are just assumptions when it comes to other people. Yet we make sweeping generalizations on those false assumptions.
I sometimes still wish I could say I was a “Christian” in the “Christ-like” sense of the word – as he tried to love everyone equally!
The Spiritual Atheist 