Nadamir

The key is presenting another point of view in a non threatening way.

I live in Ireland, in a rather rural part where there are still too many people who think gay people are an abomination. (Thankfully, not County Roscommon, the only county to vote against same sex marriage.)

When some of my family or friends who believe that come round to mine with their children, I make a point of inviting my brother, who is amazing with children, over as well. He always has his husband come over at the end of the night to pick him up.

One of the teenage cousins who've been at mine said recently, 'I didn't realise gays weren't abnormal until I met your brother.'

Small steps, at least.

One of the things I think makes a huge difference in Ireland for the LGBT community is that the entire country recently and very publicly stated widespread acceptance.

Nothing like a national plebiscite in favour of gay marriage to emphasise our support for the community.

нанананана!

Batman!

Now, to break don't explain the joke, the Cyrillic letter н is the equivalent of Latin letter N.

I know that most of the photos we've been seeing have been of protests in support of Malala, but have there been any counter-protests? And do you feel that more people would be protesting in support, but they are afraid? My last question is do you think this will become, as some Western news media has been saying, Pakistan's "Rosa Parks moment" or "the tipping point" or the "watershed moment" in the fight against extremism in the country or in the fight for education for all children?

Not even that progressive. Most are of the mindset of 'help now, don't push too much.'

If you can find a Jesuit (has 'S.J.' After their name), hit him up. The Jesuits are in my (Catholic) opinion the order that's closest to following the words of Christ: people first, church/dogma second.