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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
...But I do think a rather large part of it is a (false) sense of oppression / victimhood that these people are feeling. You can get the vibe from watching Hannity and similar right wing icons. There is too much anger and frustration for this to be driven by empathy. I think many voting for this ban think it is a pivotal point where they stand up for their faith. I don't think they're as much invested in the actual civil repercussions of their vote, nor do they consider the absurdity of the "oppressed Christian" in the USA.
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You are probably correct. "Fear" is likely the prime motivator for these people, who are terrified by God's wrath and the imagined consequences that they are certain to follow from homosexual behaviour. And this is also most definitely fuelled by an over active persecution complex. Even though Christians are the least marginalized people on the planet, it is easy for them to imagine a growing "spiritual" oppression that fits with their dualistic cosmology, and the epic battle between the forces of good and evil.