A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga?
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- WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?WHY IS THERE MORE REPUBLIN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE THAN FOR ABORTN RIGHTS?
In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. ActivismAugt 11, 2022Why Is There More Republin Support for Gay Marriage Than for Abortn Rights?
But still, the asymmetry between Republins’ support for reproductive rights and their support for gay marriage is strikg. Even as homophobia, and particularly, transphobia mounts on the right wg, marriage equaly has mataed more support wh the Republin Party.
That’s not far off the public support for gay marriage, which also enjoys the backg of a sizable majory of the public: about 70 percent, acrdg to Pew.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
It is, but not by much: 44 percent of Republin voters say that support gay marriage, while 38 percent say that abortn should be legal all or most s.
Any hont acunt acknowledg that the movements for reproductive eedom and gay rights are separably lked—mutually terpennt, and proceedg om the same prcipl. In an arnt and lovg recent obuary for the gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid, the wrer Masha Gsen reunted a nversatn that Vaid had wh the AIDS activist Larry Kramer that summarized the nnectn.
But if abortn rights and gay marriage rights are trsilly lked, why is one currently beg attacked so much more vicly than the other?