I fucking hate that this is political. It shouldn’t be. LGBTQ people exist, and depicting them in books is perfectly normal. What’s not normal is the psychotic religious freak-out in response.
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All too normal, unfortunately, but I take your meaning: they’re a minority who seek power by drumming up hatred for the vulnerable. Solidarity is the only answer, and it’s why they seek to divide us.
Second, the lawsuit argues that Cahall included the books in her classroom library because of her “sincerely held moral and religious belief” that all children — including LGBTQ children — should be treated with dignity and respect. In suspending her for not maintaining a classroom library that is consistent with “the values many hold” in “this community,” Cahall asserts that the school district is “aiding, fostering, or promoting one religion or religious viewpoint over another.”
Hell yeah. Use the religious nutters’ own trump card against them.
Feels like it’s the stance of the episcopal church.
Even their bible contains LGBTQ characters…
OH NO THE SCARY LGBTQ PEOPLE…my god fucking unbelievable.
This is in Clermont County, south of Cincinnati on the river
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As a lifelong Ohioan, fuck this bullshit attitude. Plenty of us hate what’s going on here and are actively trying to fix it. Try extending a helping hand, or bare minimum, a word of support, rather than ostracizing
2010 million people on the grounds of fucking geography.Edit: numbers are hard
As a west coast best coast, I say fuck all you people from the middle. Y’all need some beach time to chill tf out.
Michiganians have just as many bigoted assholes, believe me.
