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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
my main problem with the US right now is that they can have prominent politicians, leaders, and celebrities openly spout their bigotry and hatred for gay people without any meaningful backlash. if a politician in Canada were to say in the media that homosexuals are unnatural and don't deserve the same rights as other people (and there have been) they get torn down to the point of irrelevance and will not hold any position of power. now i'm not saying there aren't people in Canadian politics who don't feel that way, there are likely many in the conservative party. but the smart ones keep that crap to themselves. yet Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and other big names in the Republican party can openly spout their bigotry and be cheered on by supporters, and even the challenger for president has said he favors amending the constitution to ban gay marriage
the US is so far behind the rest of the developed world in this regard that it's sickening. and ironically enough, some of the few nations that share the conservatives hatred of anything gay are the militant Islamic ones
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Yes, this is part of it for me, too. But from doing a little digging, it seems that unfortunately the lack of backlash is at least in part, due to a large percentage of Americans actually agreeing with their views. Which is kind of scary in 2012.
I realize that a large percentage (hopefully greater than 50%) of Americans are also on board with equal rights for gays, and don't agree with the bigoted views, but the amount of citizens that make disturbingly homophobic/bigoted comments towards gays when talking about same-sex marriage and other same-sex issues and honestly don't think they're off base or being unfair/hateful, is pretty sad.