Why do Rs hate the LGBTQ community?

[Anonymous]

MAGA here. I am fine with LGBTQetc. I'm not fine having to constantly center on their experiences. Also not fine with religious people being called bigots if they object to celebrating Pride events. I'm also not fine with, for example, flying Pride flags outside our embassies in Muslim nations. And basically any other aggressive assertion of gay values where people have deeply held beliefs about it being sinful.

I know the canned responses to all this. "But we have to center on straightness and we have our beliefs assaulted by a heteronormative culture!" Yes. Yes, you do. And that isn't going to change. These religions have dominated the world for thousands of years and you're going to have to deal with it. The best we can do is to tolerate everyone-- and stop insisting that people accept each other. It's not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

I can guarantee that if there was a polygamy parade or polygamy story hour or polygamy lifestyle studies at school, then there would be a SC case about it.

My question is why can't you just focus on rights and stop trying to expand your community. And that's the answer to your question. It's because you are proselytizing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

Because a) they believe being LBGTQ is a choice on some level b) they’re afraid of their kids being LGBTQ and so they want all references removed out of fear their child will be “convinced.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

I can guarantee that if there was a polygamy parade or polygamy story hour or polygamy lifestyle studies at school, then there would be a SC case about it.

My question is why can't you just focus on rights and stop trying to expand your community. And that's the answer to your question. It's because you are proselytizing.

Who is proselytizing though? I just don’t see it. I am your standard white woman married to a man. I have never in my life felt like someone was pressuring me to be gay. That’s just ridiculous.

And what do you mean by trying to expand my community? I don’t understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outside of the far right Christian evangelicals, I think most Republicans are just fine with LGBQ folks. Gay marriage is an issue that has been resolved for some time. There are many gay Republicans and always have been. The issue is with the T. They think the normalization of gender fluidity among adolescents has been harmful for children. And they believe trans women competing against biological girls and women is inherently unfair. So too allowing biological males inside women's prisons, domestic abuse shelters, and so on. I'm not sure why Democrats are digging in on this issue. The vast majority of Americans are with Republicans on the issue of trans people in women's spaces.

The problem is - the door is open according to Clarence Thomas, to roll back gay marriage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also - why do we have to treat the LGB folks like this if it is just the T? I am
Not saying it is okay to do this to the T but why steamroll a whole segment of society because they don’t like 1 person of 100.

I will never understand how someone is gay can be a R.

Money changes everything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

I can guarantee that if there was a polygamy parade or polygamy story hour or polygamy lifestyle studies at school, then there would be a SC case about it.

My question is why can't you just focus on rights and stop trying to expand your community. And that's the answer to your question. It's because you are proselytizing.

Who is proselytizing though? I just don’t see it. I am your standard white woman married to a man. I have never in my life felt like someone was pressuring me to be gay. That’s just ridiculous.

And what do you mean by trying to expand my community? I don’t understand.

Go read the scotus ruling. The images from the books in question are posted in the majority opinion. It’s absolutely proselytizing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

Because a) they believe being LBGTQ is a choice on some level b) they’re afraid of their kids being LGBTQ and so they want all references removed out of fear their child will be “convinced.”

People have a right to shape the moral thinking of their children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

Because a) they believe being LBGTQ is a choice on some level b) they’re afraid of their kids being LGBTQ and so they want all references removed out of fear their child will be “convinced.”

And it’s their right to believe that. So leave other parents alone. Raise your kids the way you want but you don’t get to force your beliefs on other people’s kids at taxpayer funded schools without an opt out.

[Anonymous]

Does no one know that many are born with unidentifiable genitalia and most frequently are assigned female by the Dr and family. Why is science scary?

Maybe, because it is not many and is confusing for young children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

What legal rights are being asked for now? It’s 2025

Well, SCOTUS just ruled in favor of parents who want to exempt their children from being exposed to books that depict LGBTQ relationships. Why is there no way to exempt children from being exposed to books that depict heterosexual relationships?

Pretty sure there were also books that indicated that the doctor "guessed" or "assigned" gender at birth. I think parents (and teachers) should be able to opt out of that.

OP here. I don’t care one bit if a book
Depicts a relationship. Frankly there are SO many topics for books out there I cannot a) believe a school system is forcing a book about dysphoria on kids and b) choose something else about the millions of topics available. Honestly, why would a teacher choose that to read to a class.

Why can’t we just accept
Everyone as they are?

Because you want to tell other parents that they can’t opt out.

Leave other parents alone and there isn’t a problem.

If the book works for you, don’t opt out.

How many schools have actually been working this stuff into their K-5 curriculum? I have yet to see my kids who are moving into middle school vent home anything focused on or “promoting” LGBTQ culture.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Is this really a common problem? Teachers reading LGBTQ books to small children? Here’s my experience. I ised to work in a VERY liberal school district. Our library had LGBTQ books available for students to check out. Sometimes the counselor would guide specific students to those books as they saw necessary. I never read one out loud, and I don’t know if any of my co-workers did either. Simply because our reading material has to apply to our content.

Now I work in a fairly conservative district. Our counselor is conservative and likely does not discuss these topics or guides kids to reading material. I honestly don’t know if our library has the books. It just hasn’t come up.

We did have a guest speaker one time, at my current school, who uses they/them. I simply told the kids this beforehand and it was no big deal. I also let parents know simply by putting in newsletter that Jim Bob Smith (they/them) will be coming to talk to the class. No questions or pushback from parents.

This issue is not overtaking schools the way people think.

I’m sure I would have parents opting kids out if something LGBTQ-related did come up - fine. Whatever. I have had parents opt their kids out of state assessments, any reference to war, Halloween, the puberty talk, SpongeBob Squarepants, riding the bus to a field trip, recess when temp is below 35, their music program, and PE. It’s your kid. Whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MAGA here. I am fine with LGBTQetc. I'm not fine having to constantly center on their experiences. Also not fine with religious people being called bigots if they object to celebrating Pride events. I'm also not fine with, for example, flying Pride flags outside our embassies in Muslim nations. And basically any other aggressive assertion of gay values where people have deeply held beliefs about it being sinful.

I know the canned responses to all this. "But we have to center on straightness and we have our beliefs assaulted by a heteronormative culture!" Yes. Yes, you do. And that isn't going to change. These religions have dominated the world for thousands of years and you're going to have to deal with it. The best we can do is to tolerate everyone-- and stop insisting that people accept each other. It's not going to happen.

This country was founded on freedom of religion but somehow that has become only freedom of Christian religion.

If you don’t want to see a pride parade, don’t go. Is not hard. If you don’t want an abortion, fine. Don’t have one. Why does everyone else have to abide by your arbitrary religious rules?

My Christian version of religion doesn’t espouse hate. Why do others get to control?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does no one know that many are born with unidentifiable genitalia and most frequently are assigned female by the Dr and family. Why is science scary?

I don't think anyone has an issue with "the intersex agenda." This entire issue is a red herring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don’t understand why they are doing everything they can to make them invisible and strip them of rights. Help me understand. Don’t give me Bible BS. There are plenty of other things in the Bible we don’t permit like polygamy.

Because a) they believe being LBGTQ is a choice on some level b) they’re afraid of their kids being LGBTQ and so they want all references removed out of fear their child will be “convinced.”

People have a right to shape the moral thinking of their children.

It’s not a morality issue though.