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That's sad to hear.. it's the one oasis of relative sanity when it comes to personal freedom in that entire region, but still sadly controlled by dumbass right-wingers.
It's a right wing concept to oppose equal rights for minorities. It doesn't really accord with leftist principles, at all, to want to deny equal rights for people based on their sexual orientation. There are a few economic-left, social-right types, but in that case, even if they overall identify as left or centrist, their social views on LGBT are still right wing.
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I think it's definitely possible to not see these issues through the basic "right vs. left" in certain parts of Europe where the conservative parties are less influenced by very traditional Christian viewpoints. For instance, all of the political parties in Ireland supported marriage equality in the recent referendum there, and the UK's conservative PM was the one to bring equality to his country. However, in the US it often does feel very black and white because the Republican party is so tied to the religious right. For instance, in the US Senate there are currently 50 Senators who oppose marriage equality; of these 50 individuals, 49 are Republicans, with Joe Manchin the single Democratic holdout. Of the 49 Senators who support marriage equality (there is also one Senator whose position is unclear), only 4 are Republicans. It practically goes without saying that the Republican party platform is anti-gay marriage (See here). If you look at polls showing attitudes by political party (See here), there is a pretty giant divide.
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[–] SpaceRosa 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's unfortunate.
[–] SharonLeeFan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's sad to hear.. it's the one oasis of relative sanity when it comes to personal freedom in that entire region, but still sadly controlled by dumbass right-wingers.
[–] SpaceRosa 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Must you make it about left wing / right wing? People can object to LGBT rights without being right wing.
[–] SharonLeeFan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's a right wing concept to oppose equal rights for minorities. It doesn't really accord with leftist principles, at all, to want to deny equal rights for people based on their sexual orientation. There are a few economic-left, social-right types, but in that case, even if they overall identify as left or centrist, their social views on LGBT are still right wing.
[–] hola [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think it's definitely possible to not see these issues through the basic "right vs. left" in certain parts of Europe where the conservative parties are less influenced by very traditional Christian viewpoints. For instance, all of the political parties in Ireland supported marriage equality in the recent referendum there, and the UK's conservative PM was the one to bring equality to his country. However, in the US it often does feel very black and white because the Republican party is so tied to the religious right. For instance, in the US Senate there are currently 50 Senators who oppose marriage equality; of these 50 individuals, 49 are Republicans, with Joe Manchin the single Democratic holdout. Of the 49 Senators who support marriage equality (there is also one Senator whose position is unclear), only 4 are Republicans. It practically goes without saying that the Republican party platform is anti-gay marriage (See here). If you look at polls showing attitudes by political party (See here), there is a pretty giant divide.