Does my recent post sound familiar?

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the use of religion to justify racial discrimination.

Those of us in the LGBT community are very familiar with this particular justifying behavior. . .

I had a significant opportunity to dialogue about this very issue and had some interesting results: we all learned something about each other. . .and maybe even gained a little understanding.

Learning, understanding, and empathy are what the mediative response to conflict is all about.