I agree with the last point actually

Yep

But my gay coworker who doesn't talk about being gay all the time? I ain't got no problems with them.

I can't stand gays who think that just because you don't like them as a person, it must be because they're gay

No, I probably just don't like your personality

Like with anyone else I meet

I strongly dislike woke culture as a whole, and the ridiculous trend that "speech I don't like == hate speech"

And the idea that hate speech doesn't count as free speech for whatever reason

Freedom of speech is absolute in the US, and that's something that should be protected at all costs. The left tends to forget that free speech allowed things like women's sufferage and the civil rights movement.

based

All you get by restricting "hate speech" is pushing people underground to fester instead of letting their ideas be known and challenged

That's how people make up their own minds about something. If you're so scared of what someone might say that you want to ban it, you're removing my right to make up my own mind about how I feel about something

I may very well decide its trash and join your criticism of the idea

But that can't happen if you ban it

And somehow, the LGBT community got tied up in that mess

I voted for gay marriage to be legalized in my state before it was legalized federally

But man, they've gone off the fuckin deep end lately

damn

also this is made worse by the way modern media likes to push the most sensationalist and dramatic opinions and people to the forefront

I can actually agree with most of what you’re saying

What about adoption rights for lgbt

Well

are they hurting other people?

if no

then why not?

Wouldn’t it be better for kids to have any kind of home than not?

In theory, I see no problem with a stable gay couple adopting a child. The problem with that is that when you look at statistics, lesbians especially seem to have some serious problems with domestic violence and other issues. There's also the importance of having a male and female presence in the family home. Not to say that gay couples are automatically inferior parents, but the traditional family unit is statistically more likely to produce quality people. And that's really the whole goal of child-rearing, to raise an excellent person and prepare them for the world. I think for that reason, religious adoption agencies absolutely should have the right to deny gay couples in favor of traditional families. But I don't think gays should be denied across the board.

But the statistics are worrisome in that regard

My worry there is that much like the current trend of affirmative action in pretty much all media, the blackwashing of traditionally white characters, etc... you could very well get a situation where an adoption agency specifically looks for gay couples to acquiesce the LGBT community, lest they be labeled bigots

So otherwise serious red flags go unnoticed or ignored

And that kid goes to a gay couple that has serious issues

Again, not saying that's always the case, or even that it's likely

But it's certainly a concern when the LGBT/woke community continues it's current trend of brigading any business that doesn't have a certain percentage of minorities, females, or gays

You see that fairly often in the work force these days

Companies hiring minorities to fill a quota specifically because of the color of someone's skin

So you have cases where a qualified white male will get passed over in favor of an underqualified woman of color

Personally, I'm a big fan of meritocracies

If the surgeon doing surgery on me to remove a cancerous tumor, I want the person who was best qualified for the job

I don't give a flying fuck what color or gender they are, or who they fuck when they go home

I want to not die on the operating table

But now, the white male doctor who's top of his class has a very real chance of not getting hired at my local hospital in favor of that hospital trying to meet a diversity quota