Peter Thiel Becomes First RNC Speaker to Say He's Proud to Be Gay [video]

Post by foldr » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 10:02 AM UTC

fsaneq2 wrote: post #20

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #16

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And that's progress, too. But you're asking us to ignore decades of history because of one crowd at one event. That's not reasonable. If the Republican Party wants us to believe that they're pro-LGBT now, let them prove it with legislation, not just cheers. I'll believe it once I see the majority of Republican lawmakers actively promoting full equality under the law for gay and trans people, not before.

As I've said in another comment, I would guess that being pro or anti LGBT is strongly correlated to age. Old generations were told it's bad, young generations are told it's good, and they vote accordingly -- only a few care enough to research it. It's hardly a good predictor for how good of a human being you are. Therefore, this will naturally cease to be a problem as the old generations die out, and we're already s…