on a bench when someone from the courage campaign approached. this is one of the moments that began to change the mind of conservative republican activist louis marinelli about the fight he was fighting, before he ultimately changed sides. along with today's letter written for the courage campaign, louis has published a post on his own personal blog recounting how he felt by the end of last summer's bus tour. even though i had been confronted by the protesters throughout the marriage tour, the lesbian and gay people whom i made a profession out of opposing became real people for me almost instantly. for the first time i had empathy for them and asked myself what i was doing. he's rewritten his understanding of the issue of gay marriage. he actually listened to his opponents and changed his mind. he severed his ties with the