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Today marks the 24th anniversary of Matthew Shepard succumbing to his brutal attack and passing away. I'll never forget him. It was at this moment that I realized that I no longer saw the Bible as a basis of morality and I needed to learn more about the LGBTQ community. I had questions that I was afraid to ask. Even asking them in the anonymous question box during sex ed didn't go very well with the teacher even if that ridicule wasn't pointed directly at me. While there is still a long way to go, it has come quite a ways. I wish his death didn't have to be one of the catalysts to push forward progress.

#deconstruction #lgbtq #lgbtq community #equal rights #matthew shepard #lgbtq representation

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“The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.”

– President James A. Garfield

#separation of church and state #secularism #tax the churches #tax religions #tax churches #religion is a mental illness #atheist #religion poisons everything #atheism #deconstruction

#atheist #deconstruction #atheism #religion poisons everything #humanity

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“Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.”

– Robert Anton Wilson

#knowledge vs belief #belief vs knowledge #religion #atheism #deconstruction #atheist #religion poisons everything