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As the days and weeks go by the light will be shinning more brightly at these people. America is getting tired of them , thankfully America is going forward except for a backward ignorant primitive remnant of the past
Following Sunday’s mass shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando,many progressives made a straight forward observation: If the gunman was not motivated directly by anti-gay activism, conservative Christian rhetoric around gay rights is both vicious and irresponsible
In 1996, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution excoriating Disney for “giving the appearance that the promotion of homosexuality is more important than its historic commitment to traditional family values.” The convention also denounced Disney for “establishing of an employee policy which accepts and embraces homosexual relationships for the purpose of insurance benefits.” It declared that Disney’s willingness to tolerate an independently organized gay and lesbian event was a “gratuitous insult to Christians.”
The convention’s boycott lasted eight years, and drew support from similar groups, including the American Family Association, the Catholic League, Catholics United for the Faith Inc., Citizens for a Better America, Concerned Women for America, and Free Will Baptists. Naturally, Focus on the Family—maybe the single most influential anti-gay group from the ’90s through the mid-aughts—jumped in as well.
Conservative Christian Activists Share the Blame for Anti-Gay Hate in Orlando
Americans Move Dramatically Toward Acceptance of Homosexuality | NORC.org
In America, Muslims Are More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Evangelical Christians
Following Sunday’s mass shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando,many progressives made a straight forward observation: If the gunman was not motivated directly by anti-gay activism, conservative Christian rhetoric around gay rights is both vicious and irresponsible
In 1996, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution excoriating Disney for “giving the appearance that the promotion of homosexuality is more important than its historic commitment to traditional family values.” The convention also denounced Disney for “establishing of an employee policy which accepts and embraces homosexual relationships for the purpose of insurance benefits.” It declared that Disney’s willingness to tolerate an independently organized gay and lesbian event was a “gratuitous insult to Christians.”
The convention’s boycott lasted eight years, and drew support from similar groups, including the American Family Association, the Catholic League, Catholics United for the Faith Inc., Citizens for a Better America, Concerned Women for America, and Free Will Baptists. Naturally, Focus on the Family—maybe the single most influential anti-gay group from the ’90s through the mid-aughts—jumped in as well.
Conservative Christian Activists Share the Blame for Anti-Gay Hate in Orlando
Americans Move Dramatically Toward Acceptance of Homosexuality | NORC.org
In America, Muslims Are More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Evangelical Christians
