We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.
The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who don’t have any influence.