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Contents:
- SHOULD YOU RPECT GAY PEOPLE IF YOU FD HOMOSEXUALY IMMORAL?
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
- GAY RIGHTS OR WRONGS
- 10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED
- DISAPPOTG REASON TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS: "MY SON IS GAY"
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
SHOULD YOU RPECT GAY PEOPLE IF YOU FD HOMOSEXUALY IMMORAL?
Amerins creasgly support gay and lbian rights and same-sex marriage, but support for trans issu—like genr-affirmg re and bathroom accs—lag behd amid unrelentg GOP cricism. * i support gay wrongs *
Broad Support For Same-Sex Relatnships: A May 2022 Gallup poll found that 71% of Amerins believe gay and lbian relatns are “morally acceptable, ” vers 25% who say they’re “morally wrong. “Don’t Say Gay” Laws Unpopular: A March 2022 ABC/Ipsos poll found 62% of Amerins oppose legislatn like Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law—known as “Don’t Say Gay”—that rtricts classroom teachgs on genr inty and sexual orientatn. Some events Florida have been nceled rponse to ncerns over recently passed anti-LGBTQ legislatn—which rtricts genr-affirmg re, drag performanc and expand the tnal rtrictns the “Don’t Say Gay” law, among other measur—and LGBTQ anizatns have also issued travel advisori for the state.
Defendg himself agast allegatns by punter Chris Kluwe that he went on an anti-gay tira the Mnota Vikgs locker room, special teams ach Mike Priefer released a statement nyg that he said gays would burn hell and claimg he was “rpectful of all dividuals. ” Charlie Crist, the former Republin ernor of Florida who is now nng to re-take the office as a Democrat, gave an terview to an LGBTQ webse apologizg for his earlier anti-gay posns. In an email to me about my recent piece on Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, the nservative Christian who was briefly spend as a realy show star after llg homosexualy a rdal s and parg to btialy, the rear wrote, “This natn needs to learn that disagreement do [not] equate to hatred” (except that, a possible Frdian slip, what my rear actually wrote was that “disagreement do equate to hatred”) “and that any Christian who is tly a disciple of Christ will disagree wh homosexualy while genuely lovg and rpectg those who practice .
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
Of late, many opponents of gay equaly have taken pas to sist that, whatever they thk of homosexualy, they not only love gay people, they also... * i support gay wrongs *
For nservative Christians like Phil Robertson who ce the Bible to jtify anti-gay views, homosexualy is not jt any old wrong but a gateway s, the praved act om which all other misbehavr flows. Why should people who believe the thgs about gay people get to pe rponsibily for the judgment that’s an herent part of subscribg to such beliefs by mutterg benign platus about rpectg everyone?
Let’s ll a spa a spa, wh a remr and challenge to those who believe homosexualy is a moral wrong: We gay people rry around ep-seated feelgs of sire for members of our own sex; we love and sire this way on a daily basis; many of make the choice—which we fd morally acceptable—to exprs our feelgs wh same-sex sexual behavr routely.
A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga? * i support gay wrongs *
The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child.
GAY RIGHTS OR WRONGS
This seri brgs together teachers, psychologists, misters and other qualified men and women who have studied (and for some experienced) homosexualy over a long perd of time. It is hoped that this work will generate the kd of unrstandg necsary to be able to al passnately wh the people who stggle wh homosexualy. It is also my aim to equip the members of the church wh the nfince to rpond telligently to the false arguments beg ma for the homosexual liftyle by Gays and their sympathizers (Published 1996). * i support gay wrongs *
He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Wire/Rex/ShutterstockPolicians are supported the media by mentators like Tucker Carlson, who claimed “no one had heard of this trans thg four years ago”, or Charlie Kirk, channelg 1980s fears sayg “gays want to rpt your children” rejuvenated, the right wg is poised to make transphobia and homophobia rnerston of the midterms and 2024 electns, wh promis to liver “don’t say gay” legislatn stat cludg Michigan and New Perks, the print of the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative lobbyg group, veighed agast the ernors of Indiana and Utah for vetog legislatn banng trans women om participatg sports, llg the bills “timely, mastream protectns”.
10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED
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The Republin US reprentative Marjorie Taylor Greene vowed to troduce a feral “don’t say gay” bill if Republins w the Hoe this November, only to one-up herself days later by tweetg that for people to be pro-trans is to be pro-pedophilia.
”The bs-iendly wg of the GOP that would quietly team up wh Democrats to scuttle rabidly homophobic bills is now outnumbered, and legislators a dozen or more stat that lean even farther to the right than DeSantis are takg, the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights legal director, believ Florida is the tt se for a renewed ph for an aggrsive, Christian-natnalist program.
”The “don’t say gay” bill, Mter not, is very siar to what’s been passed Rsia, tetherg Amerin nservativ to their thorarian unterparts who have succsfully rolled back mocratic norms across eastern Europe. “I’ve seen this movie before over the last 30 years: The right wg cid to target the LGBTQ muny, whether ’s around marriage or adoptn or trans kids playg sports or bathrooms, ” says the California state senator Stt Wiener, who is gay. “I thought was really important to ph back on the policy level, and to send a clear signal that California and other stat really re about the kids, ” he believ that “don’t say gay” is “patently unnstutnal” but also ntends that relyg on the judicial system to protect human rights may no longer be a sound optn.
DISAPPOTG REASON TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS: "MY SON IS GAY"
Although wele, Senator Portman's sudn support of gay marriage is selfish. * i support gay wrongs *
A mon rponse om this set of statistilly signifint rpons me om Nate, a 22-year-old gay man om Indianapolis: “While there ntu to be certa thgs I disagree wh, disagreement would still be a part of any muny I’m volved wh.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
“The nscienc of today’s Christians are beg rpted by the opprsive cultural i and the extreme social prsure surroundg the issue of homosexualy, but we know that the law of the Lord is wrten on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33) and though we may succeed mutg our nscience, the Word of God is eternal, ” Cook said. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who subm to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexualy, thiev, greedy people, dnkards, revilers, and extortners will not her God’s Kgdom.