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Contents:
- GAY AND TRANS RIGHTS ISSU DIVI BOTH TORI AND LABOUR
- A CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF GAY RIGHTS
- ON GAY RIGHTS, THE CONSERVATIV ARE STILL, UNSURPRISGLY, NSERVATIVE
GAY AND TRANS RIGHTS ISSU DIVI BOTH TORI AND LABOUR
* conservatives vs labour gay rights *
But gay and trans rights are no longer the wedge issue they were the early ghts.
Although s state ernment is ntrolled by Republins at every level, Utah has some of the strongt protectns for gay and trans people the natn. I worked on the mpaign to pass , and found that Republins were far more open to gay rights if a bill simply rpected the protectns, and Democrats were able to get behd as well.
A CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF GAY RIGHTS
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When viewed through the lens of other right wg beliefs, however, be creasgly unclear as to why the barriers between nservative iologi and gay rights even exist the first place. Why, then, should nservativ support the rtrictn of gay rights? Another argument is that homosexual relatnships go agast Ameri’s tradnal view of the “fay.
And when pared to other ias held by the right, I thk that equaly for the gay muny fs the bill perfectly. If you’re gay, be gay.
ON GAY RIGHTS, THE CONSERVATIV ARE STILL, UNSURPRISGLY, NSERVATIVE
The culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, asserts that "a ep stra of homophobia still exists on the Conservative bench". The Foreign Office mister Chris Bryant go further and warns that "if gays vote Tory they will e the day very soon".
A reputable new poll has found that 38% of gay men tend to vote Conservative at the next electn – more than any other party, and a swg away om Labour of is this seemg gratu that Labour is unable to bear.