Is anti-LGBTQ+ a Christian thing? No. Absolutely not. That’s cherry-picking the Bible—unless we think that it’s fine to use women as nothing more than collateral (as in offer her up to be… whatever…by an angry mob). Also, there are many Christian churches in the Pacific Northwest and even on the East Coast which allow and even encourage the participation of LGTBQ+ membership. The fact is that Jesus wouldn’t be hanging out with Joel Osteen. Period. He was hanging out with the prostitutes.

If you think your religion allows you to hate gay people, you’re wrong. What’s really going on is that you are *deciding* to hate gay people, and using your religion to justify this fact. It’s not a Christian thing.

It’s a you thing.

And when it comes to it, you get to decide who you hate, and who you don’t. Don’t blame the baby Jesus because you decided to hate the gays.

And, for the record, there are LGBTQ+ people in *every* community. If you don’t know them, that’s probably because they don’t trust you to be an ally and think you’re dangerous.

Texas Anti-Trans Law: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/texas-trans-kids-abortion-lgbtq-gender-ideology/

Labor Force Impact on Same-Sex Couples: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-people-face-higher-unemployment-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-survey-finds-n1205296

Sexual Orientation Facts: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/sexual_orientation.html

We give lip service as a nation to equality and equal rights. But what’s the reality? The reality is there’s a gender pay gap in this nation between men and women, even in women-majority professions like nursing for example. We talk about equality based on sexual orientation, and yet LGBTQ+ people face higher unemployment during economic downturns.

There’s documented evidence that socioeconomic system in place puts a penalty on minorities, and women, in the labor market and in so many other aspects of life (legal representation, correctional system, the list goes on…). And if we’re talking about equal rights, why are there laws being put in place to restrict rights of women, of LGBTQ+ community embers, in some red states (like Texas, for example).