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"Trump/Pence seem to want to roll back a lot of hard fought rights won by the homosexual community" I don't think there is much evidence for that. President O
by pmorici 10y ago
"Trump/Pence seem to want to roll back a lot of hard fought rights won by the homosexual community"
I don't think there is much evidence for that. President Obama publicly stated his opposition to same sex marriage when he was running for president in 2008. The only reason it ended up being legalized nationwide was because of a supreme court case brought by a bunch of LGBT Republicans.
On that issue Trump has said, "The Supreme Court has issued an opinion on this. Same-sex marriage is an issue that should have been decided by the states." In other words he probably thinks same sex marriage is fine but didn't want to say so because he knows it's a polarizing issue. That's a more progressive position than _Obama_ took in 08.
- ceejayoz 10y agoI suspect you're right on Trump - he probably doesn't care much about gay marriage either way. There's plenty of evidence Pence will be an issue, though. http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/ http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious... http://www.teenvogue.com/story/mike-pence-record-reproductive-rights-lgbtq-refugees http://www.teenvogue.com/story/mike-pence-record-reproductiv...
- pmorici 10y agoFrom the horses mouth... http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-same-sex-marriage-231310 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-same-sex-...
- 551199 10y agoAnd if Hillary would have won there would have been influx of millions of muslims who are real danger to lgbt. Edit: People downvoting you do know muslims do not accept lgbt and are quite hostile against them?
- pmorici 10y agoTrue, Pence isn't a same-sex marriage supporter but he is also the Vice President. A position often described as having little to no power or authority.
- ceejayoz 10y agohttp://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/politics/john-kasich-donald-trump-election-2016/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/politics/john-kasich-donald-tr... > Kasich told CNN's Jake Tapper that he didn't receive a call himself. But he said one of his aides confirmed to him a New York Times report last month saying Donald Trump Jr. tried to entice Kasich with a position as the most powerful vice president in history -- putting him in charge of all domestic and foreign policy -- was accurate.
- disposition2 10y agohttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-role-model-vice-president-dick-cheney/story?id=42170897 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-role-model-vice-pr... Not to mention he (Pence) has stated Dick Chaney was his role model for being a Vice President.
- JohnTHaller 10y agoTrump is planning to appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn the same sex marriage ruling. He said this in a January interview on Fox.
- pmorici 10y agoEven assuming he does appoint such a judge. The open seat right now was held by Antonin Scalia who was on the dissenting side of the Obergefell v. Hodges case. So it wouldn't changed the out come for that issue on the court. Even if he got the opportunity to appoint a judge to replace one of the democratic appointments it would be very unlikely that the same sex marriage decision would ever be over turned. Roe v. Wade wasn't over turned despite the supreme court having a majority of Republican appointees for a long period between the original decision and present day. Is Trump indifferent to LGBT issues? probably. But I just don't see much factual basis for the hysteria surrounding his election. If you believe the news, people are acting like he is going to round them up and put them in concentration camps or something. It just isn't reality.