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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Are Erasing LGBTQ People From Their Own Tragedy
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/06/12/republican_are_erasing_lgbtq_people_from_their_own_tragedy.htmlIn the wake of the mass shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, both Republican and Democratic politicians took to Twitter to express their condolences. Because the massacre appears to have targeted sexual minorities, this created a somewhat surreal effect: The sight of GOP politicianssome of the same ones who have devoted much of their careers fighting to deprive gays of their civil rightssympathizing with the very people whom they have long bashed in a bid for conservative votes. Consider Sen. Marco Rubio:...
But if it were up to Huckabee, gay people would not be legally permitted to start their own families. Huckabee staunchly opposes same-sex marriage, civil unions, and gay adoption. In explaining his opposition to gay adoption in particular, he declared, Children are not puppies. This is not a time to see if we can experiment and find out, how does this work? At various points in his career, Huckabee has also said that AIDS patients should be quarantined; that homosexuality is a lifestyle similar to drinking alcohol; and that legalizing same-sex marriage is analogous to legalizing incest and drug use. When the Supreme Court invalidated a federal same-sex marriage ban, Huckabee tweeted: Jesus wept.
There are many more examples of aggressively anti-gay politicians tweeting about the Pulse shooting, but one common thread ties them together: None of them mention that the shooting targeted, or even involved, the LGBTQ community. Indeed, not a single congressional Republican who tweeted about the shooting mentioned LGBTQ people. That stands in stark contrast to President Barack Obamas clear assertion that shooter targeted a nightclub where lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people ... came together to be with friends, to dance, sing, and live, and to raise awareness and speak their minds and advocate for their civil rights.
Republicans silence is actually quite apt. As a party, after all, the GOP has spent decades attempting to degrade sexual minorities and even drive them out of public life. It is altogether fitting, then, that conservative politicians are erasing LGBTQ people from their own tragedy. The gesture of support, I suppose, is basically benevolent. But lets be clear about this: The 50 victims of Orlandos LGBTQ nightclub massacre died as full and equal citizens under the law in spite of the Republican partys best efforts to relegate them to second-class citizenship.
But if it were up to Huckabee, gay people would not be legally permitted to start their own families. Huckabee staunchly opposes same-sex marriage, civil unions, and gay adoption. In explaining his opposition to gay adoption in particular, he declared, Children are not puppies. This is not a time to see if we can experiment and find out, how does this work? At various points in his career, Huckabee has also said that AIDS patients should be quarantined; that homosexuality is a lifestyle similar to drinking alcohol; and that legalizing same-sex marriage is analogous to legalizing incest and drug use. When the Supreme Court invalidated a federal same-sex marriage ban, Huckabee tweeted: Jesus wept.
There are many more examples of aggressively anti-gay politicians tweeting about the Pulse shooting, but one common thread ties them together: None of them mention that the shooting targeted, or even involved, the LGBTQ community. Indeed, not a single congressional Republican who tweeted about the shooting mentioned LGBTQ people. That stands in stark contrast to President Barack Obamas clear assertion that shooter targeted a nightclub where lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people ... came together to be with friends, to dance, sing, and live, and to raise awareness and speak their minds and advocate for their civil rights.
Republicans silence is actually quite apt. As a party, after all, the GOP has spent decades attempting to degrade sexual minorities and even drive them out of public life. It is altogether fitting, then, that conservative politicians are erasing LGBTQ people from their own tragedy. The gesture of support, I suppose, is basically benevolent. But lets be clear about this: The 50 victims of Orlandos LGBTQ nightclub massacre died as full and equal citizens under the law in spite of the Republican partys best efforts to relegate them to second-class citizenship.
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Republicans Are Erasing LGBTQ People From Their Own Tragedy (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2016
OP
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Most Americans don't like to see other Americans die.
It's a natural feeling. This out pour from all walks of life does not surprise me.
JI7
(89,254 posts)2. they tried to do the same with the attack on the black church
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)3. yeah who do they hate more, teh gays or the muslims! must be a hard thing to reconcile for some. nt