Public relations director or American Atheists comes out as transgender

[Thumpalumpacus]

Honestly this fuckin idiot hurts the atheist cause. Just complies with what the theists try to portray us as. Fringe weirdos.

I see it from a different angle: by responding with bigotry, theists show themselves even more thoughtless.

I don't doubt for a moment that there is a direct relationship between the shrinking demographics of believers and the expansion of gay rights in America. I think part of it is that Americans are finally seeing how religion is used to fuel bigotry -- and that is happening precisely because of the fight that gays have put up over the last four decades. When people see the senseless theistic bigotry against the gays they have in their own families, they're more willing to chuck the religion than they are to chuck the family member.

Well, if the religious folk want to make hay out of Danielle's gender identity, let them do so. It only brings their intolerance and small-mindedness into sharp focus. Lets us work to make religionists alienate ever-growing numbers of people, carving away fringe after fringe. Our diversity is a strength, when the hand is played properly.