'Respectfully Disagreeing' Doesn't Work When It Comes to Human Rights | Opinion
Club Q shooting that every politician jumped to Twitter to post their "prayers," and then the following week voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.
Actions speak louder than any tweet or press conference, and the louder we can stand together and resist, the stronger we are able to push back and demand equal rights for all.According to NBC News, over 240 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in the last 18 months, where LGBTQ members are caught in the crossfire between religion and politics.
From schools introducing anti-LGBTQ policies because they are "woke" and will "brainwash" our children, to the blatant attack on transgenders' access to health care, there is not one aspect of the queer community that is not demonized (calling us "groomers"), and targeted with acts of violence.
From Pulse, to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' remarks on Obergefell v. Hodges, to book bans (including one in my hometown), to the so called Don't Say Gay bill being proposed nationally, it is clear that some care about one thing: hate.The LGBTQ community has faced increasing amounts of opposition and violence in the past few years—it feels like we are being pushed backwards.
