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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I would say many religious people, Christian, Muslim, or otherwise, in Canada specifically and the west generally, are good people. Most of these people may be religious, but they can make their own decisions on how they feel about gay people (among hundreds of other things). I've met plenty of religious people who are fully supportive of the lives and rights of the LGBTQ+ community. And I believe in defending good people and the right for people to follow a religion that may also include a lot of people that hate or think lesser of LGBTQ+ people. Because we all have the power to make our own decisions and I fully respect the countless people who seek spiritful fulfillment while realizing the religion they choose to follow is not absolute.
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In response to this paragraph I would say for myself that I've seen this perspective also, but I do wonder how much of it is "as long as it's not within my own family" kind of thinking. It's easy to be supportive when it has no impact to your life at all (and in general, this is the whole reason how people should feel about this), but if their children turn out to not be hetrosexual or cisgendered, how truly supportive are they then? That's what I feel is hard to gauged looking from the outside.