Tag: antigay
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First, Do No Harm: The Impact of Anti-LGBT and Anti-Black Political Rhetoric on Minority Mental Health
The Language of Hate Has Consequences For American Society and Individuals In the age of instant communication, political rhetoric no longer stays confined to debates or campaign trails. It circulates through news media, social platforms, legislative hearings, and everyday conversation, shaping who is seen as deserving of dignity, protection, or exclusion. For minority communities, those…
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A Secular Argument Against Anti-Gay Bigotry
Opposition to anti-gay bigotry does not require religious premises. A secular case can be made from widely shared civic values: equal dignity under the law, the avoidance of unnecessary harm, intellectual honesty about what we can justify with evidence, and a commitment to let people pursue meaningful lives so long as they respect the same…
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A Christian Argument Against Anti-Gay Prejudice
This essay offers a Christian case for rejecting anti-gay prejudice. Christians hold a range of convictions about sexual ethics, but prejudice—contempt, dehumanization, scapegoating, or mistreatment of people because they are gay—conflicts with the heart of the gospel. The question here is not, “What is my view of sex?” but “How does Jesus require me to…