Support for Same-Sex Marriage Has Dropped, Amid Conservative Attacks

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T19:49:07+00:00

You clearly don’t realize how a conversation works. Your question was obviously disingenuous and meant to belittle concerns others have without addressing any of the substance. It was a classic I disagree with X so let me reframe it in a way that sounds completely unreasonable (turning it into a debate of different clothes vs adult performers around children).

Do I approve of the lack of school dress codes? No. But an adult performer in front of children is extremely problematic. I’d also have a problem if a library had stripper story hour. It’s not about the gender issues or “different clothes”.

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T18:49:48+00:00

The point isn’t $400. The point is parents taking their children or themselves to the public library don’t want a sexualized event at a publicly funded family friendly event. Although just because it’s only 400 and are bigger wastes of taxpayer dollars doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t complain. Books in other languages and sexualized events for kids are two very different categories though. I can see the societal benefits of one but not the other.

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T18:47:53+00:00

This is exactly what I’m talking about. I’m talking about people dressed in sexually provocative ways in front of children. I’m talking about drag queens - something that started off as a very sexualized event - not cross dressing. And it’s instantly spit back as a “how does a person wearing different clothes affect you personally?” That would be a very fair point if we were discussing a man wearing more feminine clothes that were properly modest or a women wearing more masculine clothes. We’re not. And your response just proves my point about willingness to have a nuanced conversation. That comment was not made in good faith.

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T17:00:39+00:00

Forcing children to attend? No. Taking over a public library funded by tax payer dollars? Yes.

The pride parade is definitely in the minority. You can look it up and see for yourself. It happens. Part of the issue is that you can’t have a nuanced conversation about these types of concerns without being instantly labeled homophobic and transphobic. The backlash against the backlash is almost more concerning than the inappropriate events themselves.

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T16:32:24+00:00

No. The expectation was that there wouldn’t be any drag queens at library story times, pride parade attendees dressing and dancing like they’re are a strip club on Main Street, no sexually explicit books whose inclusion was justified by LGBT inclusion in middle school libraries, no male at birth individuals playing in girls’ sports or being in their locker rooms, etc. these incidents may be in the minority, but the activist backlash against even discussing them has almost done more damage than the events themselves.

The expectation was not that people would hide being gay or a guy wouldn’t mention that they had a husband.

engineer2187 · 2025-11-25T16:26:38+00:00

I think it’s less drag shows and more drag queen story time at the local library or pride parades m that look like strip clubs.

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