Op-ed Appearg the Ann Arbor News Do whe supremacist groups have a right to bar Blacks and Jews om jog their anizatns? Y, bee racism and anti-Semism are re valu of the private groups. Would you give money to the Klan jt bee has a right to be racist? Do the Boy Suts of Ameri have the right to bar gay boys and men om s membership
Contents:
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- HIDN BRA: AMERI'S CHANGG ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE
- UNED WAY: DENOUNCE THE BOY SUT'S POLICY BANNG GAY YOUTH AND PARENTSUNED WAY: DENOUNCE THE BOY SUT'S POLICY BANNG GAY YOUTH AND PARENTS
- GAY RIGHTS
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
June is Pri Month, and you n be proud that your Uned Way funds a program that ordat the accsg of medil and behavral servic by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng dividuals Broward County. * does united way support gay rights *
June is Pri Month, and you n be proud that your Uned Way funds a program that ordat the accsg of medil and behavral servic by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng dividuals Broward County. Apparently, the Uned Way has nclud that while is unacceptable for the muny fund to be ed to fund racist groups, is acceptable and sirable to give the money to an anizatn that is bigoted towards gays and lbians. Jo the hundreds of dividuals, ci, schools, church, synagogu, parent-teacher anizatns, unns, and Uned Way agenci natnwi who will no longer turn their backs on the harmful impact that the Boy Suts’ homophobic polici have on our children and our muny.
HIDN BRA: AMERI'S CHANGG ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE
* does united way support gay rights *
But are you sure that your hard earned paycheck will be gog to pani and anizatns that support the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins?
In the 2019 Amerin Valu Atlas, 5% of Amerins intify as LGBT, cludg 2% who intify as gay or lbian, 3% who intify as bisexual, and ls than 1% who intify as transgenr. In 2019, a majory (56%) of Amerins said they oppose allowg a small bs owner their state to refe products or servic to gay or lbian people if providg them would vlate their relig beliefs, cludg 25% who strongly oppose this policy.
UNED WAY: DENOUNCE THE BOY SUT'S POLICY BANNG GAY YOUTH AND PARENTSUNED WAY: DENOUNCE THE BOY SUT'S POLICY BANNG GAY YOUTH AND PARENTS
A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga? * does united way support gay rights *
Shifts among subgroups om 2016 to 2019 appear most promently among groups that have been most opposed to allowg religly based service refals of gay and lbian people.
About four ten (39%) Republins oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, pared to a majory (55%) who support such a policy.
Black Amerins (63%) are likelit to oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, followed by Hispanic (58%), Asian Amerin and Pacific Islanr (58%), multiracial (56%), and whe (54%) Amerins. Ls than half of other nonwhe Prottants (45%), whe evangelil Prottants (44%), Mormons (43%), and Jehovah’s Wns (42%) oppose allowg small bs owners to refe to serve gay and lbian ctomers if dog so vlat their relig beliefs.
GAY RIGHTS
The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people n live openly whout discrimatn and enjoy equal rights, personal tonomy, and eedom of exprsn and associatn. * does united way support gay rights *
A slim majory of liberal Republins (51%), and a pluraly of morate (48%) Republins, oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs.
Among both Republins and pennts, opposn to allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs cl as age creas. Across party l, women are more likely than men to oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs. Nonwhe Republins and pennts are more likely than their whe -partisans to oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people bee of their relig beliefs.
The Uned Methodist Church, wh an timated 10.4 ln members, has current polici that are strongly agast the LGBTQ muny. However, many church lears, cludg lol pastors, wele gays and lbians as church members and support their basic human rights. * does united way support gay rights *
Whe Democrats wh a llege gree are more likely than those whout a four-year gree to oppose religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people (78% vs.
Six ten (60%) whe women oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people based on their relig beliefs, pared to ls than half (48%) of whe men.
Majori of Amerins all four major regns of the untry oppose religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people, but there are some most variatns tensy. At least six ten rints of Hawaii (64%), Connecticut (63%), Mae (63%), Oregon (62%), New Hampshire (61%), New York (61%), California (60%), and Massachetts (60%) oppose allowg small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian ctomers.
Public opn about gay rights has shifted enormoly the Uned Stat over the past few s. What are some of the factors that have led to this historic change attus? * does united way support gay rights *
Notably, relig affiliatn serv as the largt pennt predictor of strongly opposg a policy that allows small bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people bee of their relig beliefs.
8 tim more likely than those who do not intify as LGBT to strongly oppose allowg bs owners to refe service to gay and lbian people bee of their relig beliefs.
My name is Greg Bourke, and I need your help. Recently, the Boy Suts of Ameri forced me to step down as Assistant Sutmaster of my son's Boy Sut troop, jt bee I'm gay. Dpe the prott of my troop, my church, and my muny, the Boy Suts msage was clear: gay youth and parents are ferr, and not wele. That's an credibly dangero msage to send to young people our * does united way support gay rights *
Majori of nearly every major Amerin mographic group have nsistently favored or strongly favored nondiscrimatn protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people sce 2015. Nearly seven ten (69%) whe Amerins wh a llege gree favor allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally, pared to 58% of whe Amerins whout a llege gree.