Happy Pride, everyone, and take heart, because according to Gallup, marriage equality in the US and A has the strongest support it’s ever had at 71 percent. Last year it was 70 percent. With numbers like that, it might be tempting to wonder if the GOP’s latest war on LGBTQ+ people isn’t actually in response to any sort of cultural backlash, but rather is just because the GOP is a white grievance party that always has to create demons to turn their pig thug base against.
Yes, it’s tempting to wonder that.
As Gallup notes, majorities of olds over 65, Protestants and even those who identify as Republicans support marriage equality. The only demographic where there’s not majority support is people who go to church weekly. You know, because God is love and all that. Of course, if you’ve been reading about what a shitshow cesspit of brainwashing and conspiracy theories the evangelical church has become ever since Donald Trump unleashed MAGA on the nation, you’re probably not surprised to learn those fools are the holdouts.
Of course, it’s not time to relax, because those GOP wars on LGBTQ+ people are as intense as ever. They’re passing their “don’t say gay” bills, because they’re desperate to groom little white children to become little Fred Phelps-style Bible beaters like they are, and they incorrectly believe that if they just prevent their kids from learning that gay or trans folks exist, their kids won’t end up gay or trans. This is also why they’re obsessed with removing school library books that mention LGBTQ+ people.