11 years later: Can we still turn the tide?

Since then, we’ve witnessed the society continuing to lurch left, with the Supreme Court outrageously redefining marriage in 2015 and with “transgender rights” becoming a dominant theme of the day.

At the same time, the pushback against LGBTQ extremism has continued, as millions of Americans have awakened to the realities of this radical agenda while, at the same time, showing compassion to the individuals who identify as LGBTQ.

Here is how I ended A Queer Thing Happened to America , which, to repeat, came out in 2011. Do these words still ring true today? Is it still not too late to turn the tide?

Here’s what I wrote:

A queer thing, indeed, has happened to America, but there is a way forward (not backward), a better way, a “straighter” way. It is not too late to turn the tide, no matter how daunting the task might appear in light of the massive societal shifts that have taken place in the last generation. In times like these, when it is easy to be discouraged, we do well to recall the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won.”
Without a doubt, those of us who oppose the current trajectory of GLBT and beyond will be told that we are on the “wrong side of history.” They will say we have branded ourselves as intolerant bigots and have marginalized ourselves to the point of no return.

So be it.…






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Dr. Brown is exactly right. One can be supportive of individuals in these other life styles and live them as people while still opposing the consequences of their collective actions upon society as a whole. He expresses love and compassion for those trapped in that lifestyle. On the other hand he opposes the extremes of that movement and how those demands affect society at large.

 

It’s when the community above makes demands that others who disagree must serve them and be coerced to participate in their lifestyles and rituals over religious beliefs objections that there are issues and is friction. Most usually could care less what others do in their bedrooms as long as they don’t try to force open and public approval and acceptance of it.

 

So, when gay people are married by a church that is accepting of the gay lifestyle, how is that forcing that church to participate?

 

~ We certainly can - but will we .. ? I am pessimistically hopeful, but at this point it appears unlikely.

 

How about "Most usually could care less what others do in their churches as long as they don’t try to force open and public approval and acceptance of it."? Why should religious people be treated any differently to gay people in society?

 

The USA, and the world, is slowly marching down the road to become Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

Obviously it isn’t but that’s not what we’re talking about here.