Today I heard a news commentator say that Trump has a “more moderate”
view towards gay rights. Perhaps in relation to Mike Pence, that is
true, but Trump is no friend to the LBBT community, nor is the
Republican Party. I share this so you have accurate information.
The Republication party has concluded its platform with two extreme anti-gay planks:
1) Marriage should only be between a man and a woman and encouraging overturning the Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage
2) Based on the lead by the Family Research Council, "conversion" or
"reparative therapy," which purports to "cure" homosexual inclinations
through analysis and, frequently, prayer has been endorsed. With that,
parents are given the right to decide the proper treatment for their
children in this regard. These concepts have been consistently
discredited, and typically criticized. by established mental health
professions
Trump has claimed that he knows many gays and lesbians
and “likes the gays and lesbians.” Of course he has said the same about
just about every other group, for example, “the poorly educated” and
disabled. And there’s his one African American man at a recent rally.
While he may like gays and lesbians, he has always opposed same-sex
marriage. Briefly in 2013 he said civil unions would be acceptable, but
he then retreated to opposition to any same sex unions.
In an
interview with Chris Wallace this year, Trump said he would appoint
people to the Supreme Court who would overturn the court ruling
legalizing same-sex marriage. Although it would be an unusual
circumstance that would even allow the issue to be reconsidered, it is
Trumps beliefs that are concern.
Mike Pence’s record is much more
extremely anti-gay/lesbian. Pence believes that the prominence of gay
couples signals inevitable societal collapse. He actively opposes
same-sex marriage. He also opposes legislation that prohibits workplace
discrimination against LGBT people saying it wages war against freedom
and religion in the workplace.” He also objected to the repeal of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell.”
I’m not an one-issue voter, and the Republicans
have given me a lot to not like, not the least of which is the tenuous
mental health of their Presidential candidate, but I’m not going to vote
against myself or risk returning to unacceptable, outmoded and even
dangerous beliefs. I’m voting for Hillary.
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