All Things LGBTQ+ (3 Viewers)

[Farb]

Didn't really see a place for this so I thought I would start a thread about all things LGBTQ since this is a pretty hot topic in our culture right now

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/17/sup...y-that-refuses-to-work-with-lgbt-couples.html

• The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case over whether Philadelphia could refuse to contract with a Roman Catholic adoption agency that says its religious beliefs prevent it from working with same-sex foster parents.
• Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion for a majority of the court that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment by refusing to contract with Catholic Social Services once it learned that the organization would not certify same-sex couples for adoption.

I will admit, I was hopeful for this decision by the SCOTUS but I was surprised by the unanimous decision.

While I don't think there is anything wrong, per se, with same sex couples adopting and raising children (I actually think it is a good thing as it not an abortion) but I also did not want to see the state force a religious institution to bend to a societal norm.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

I do. I consider the entire Catholic Church to be a band of pedophiles and enablers.
I'll continue to do so until priests start being turned over to the police instead of being shuffled around.

Fair or unfair it's pretty hard to hold any other view.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

Remember back when the BLM protests were taking place and all the right wingers were saying stuff like 'you don't see any consevatives being invloved in any violence like BLM".. Now its mostly conservatives with the violence and threats over selling T Shirts with Rainbows on them at Target...

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I am honestly shocked that this bill didn't move forward.

The Breakdown: Legislature shuts down death penalty bill and bans on transgender care for minors

One of the biggest to make headlines Wednesday, HB648, regarding gender-affirming care for minors, failed to pass in Senate committee.

www.wwltv.com

 

[MT15]

This guy totally gets it, I have just quoted a couple of the tweets. The short thread is worth the read:

 

[SystemShock]

This guy totally gets it, I have just quoted a couple of the tweets. The short thread is worth the read:

Dear Mr. Bonhoeffer, Sunday school is grooming. It's always been.

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

 

[zztop]

I read that Target removed some of the items from shelves b/c employees were getting threats of violence etc. Edit: I see a page back it was already mentioned. I think if these people are going into stores doing this, hopefully charges get filed against every one of them. Ideally that happens... in reality I feel like Target might not bother b/c it would be too much effort to go through the process

Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing

Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. Target declined to confirm which items it was removing but among...

apnews.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

I just saw this... it seems like the messaging has gone full on - LGBTQ = Satanism.

It's a sad but predictable progression

 

[MT15]

And the people doing it and saying these things know they’re not true. It’s horrible.

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

One of the saddest but relevant quotes I've seen circulating around the internet is: "There is no hate like Christian love".

Christianity is already on the decline in the country and there are many starting to complain about being "persecuted" over it. Their "persecution" is just people not blindly accepting their faith and not agreeing with them... but the more they act like this, it will definitely not only hasten Christianity's decline, but it will also make Christians less welcome in society, and if the rest of us Christians don't counter it in a meaningful way, we will deserve it.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I just saw this... it seems like the messaging has gone full on - LGBTQ = Satanism.

It's a sad but predictable progression

I honestly wonder if taking kids who live with same sex couples are next

If children learning about LGBTQ (even just that they exist) and being exposed to (and 'forced to accept) LBGTQ is so bad isn't it just a hop, skip and a jump to the absolute evil of children actually living with LGBTQ people?

Fist ban gay adoption moving forward, then go after already adopted kids first then maybe even biological kids?

Hell, not even parents, what about straight parents and a LGBTQ sibling? Parents forced to choose?

You can keep your gay teen or your 8 year old not both

I hope to God that is far fetched and ridiculous but who can say these days?

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

I honestly wonder if taking kids who live with same sex couples are next

If children learning about LGBTQ and being exposed to LBGTQ are so bad isn't it just a hop, skip and a jump to children living with LGBTQ people?

Go after adopted kids first then maybe even biological kids?

Hell, not even parents, what about straight parents and a LGBTQ sibling? Parents forced to choose?

You can keep your gay teen or your 8 year old not both

I hope to God that is far fetched and ridiculous but who can say these days?

I think it seems likely that that is the hope of some... and if it gets amplified in the right way, it will gain momentum.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I think it seems likely that that is the hope of some... and if it gets amplified in the right way, it will gain momentum.

no doubt, and the same people who reveled in kids being taken from their parents at the border (and if I remember right a lot of kids (hundreds?) still haven't been reunited)

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

no doubt, and the same people who reveled in kids being taken from their parents at the border (and if I remember right a lot of kids (hundreds?) still haven't been reunited)

There are still about 1000 children that have not been reunited with their parents.

 

[coldseat]

What an annoying dipshirt.

These people have no original thoughts and are incapable of critical thinking. They're just a mindless group of minions latching on to whatever right wing outrage is fed to them next.