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Originally Posted by chid
It makes me sad to see people in our city be on the wrong side of history.. I wonder what textbooks will say when they talk about lgbtq issues in the future.
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Very similar to how we view the civil rights era and the racism of those days. I imagine a lot of people back then would say things like are being said here of LGBT, citing often the bible to defend their stance against interracial marriage, segregation, etc..
Iceland's yearly pride parade attracts 90,000 people, in a country of 325,000 people. The capital area this represents more than half the population going to celebrate diversity, respect and acceptance.
But the elephant in the room in these discussion is the underlying reasons for why people are most often against pride parades or feel uncomfortable with them, their religious beliefs.
Thankfully its the religious in the US leading the charge towards acceptance, but we still have a long way to go in the world.