As long Mr. McGlone and others continue to ignore the direct connection between people's religious beliefs/ideologies and their behaviors, progress will be extremely difficult. The cognitive dissonance is stunning.  The fact is that people's beliefs about the world, about right and wrong, motivate them to act in certain ways and see certain others as infidels or sinners.  It's no coincidence that women and the LGBTQ community are oppressed and terrorized in religious cultures, specifically Islamic cultures around the world.  

All ideologies, no matter how sacred or popular, must be open to honest and thorough scrutiny and they must not be treated like they are biological characteristics like race or sexual orientation.