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To everyone freaking out over the election.
9 years ago
You all need to stop and take a deep breath. The sky isn't falling, the world isn't ending, and the LGBT community is not going to be hunted. Remember, the right-wing had full control over the country 10 years ago, and do you know what happened?
The LGBT community first started GAINING marriage rights during Bush's first term. And even when the Republicans had full control over Congress and the Presidency as they do now, more states gave gays the right to marry. and remember, this was still the religious right we've come to know today.
On top of all of that, the states in many cases can make their own laws, even if Trump bans gay marriage and rolls back other gains, nothing says that the states have to go along with it.
Besides, support for gay marriage and LGBT rights in general is at an all-time high. I read an article earlier that I'll post at the end that really helped soothe my own fears over the results.
In the end, we always have each other. If Trump and the Republicans really try to turn back the clock, we aren't going to just lie there and take it.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/dont-panic/
The LGBT community first started GAINING marriage rights during Bush's first term. And even when the Republicans had full control over Congress and the Presidency as they do now, more states gave gays the right to marry. and remember, this was still the religious right we've come to know today.
On top of all of that, the states in many cases can make their own laws, even if Trump bans gay marriage and rolls back other gains, nothing says that the states have to go along with it.
Besides, support for gay marriage and LGBT rights in general is at an all-time high. I read an article earlier that I'll post at the end that really helped soothe my own fears over the results.
In the end, we always have each other. If Trump and the Republicans really try to turn back the clock, we aren't going to just lie there and take it.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/dont-panic/
Like I said, we've been in situations JUST LIKE this before, and nothing serious ever came of it. And I don't see that as likely to change.