Two inspirational stories for your day:

"We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick."

http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay

And:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-declares-evolution-and-big-bang-theory-are-right-and-god-isnt-a-magician-with-a-magic-wand-9822514.html