Three Bogus LGBT Talking Points We Have Got To Call Them On
It only took moments on Monday for LGBT activists to roll out their bogus talking points again. All three appeared like clockwork in MSNBC’s inevitable LGBT reaction story on Monday afternoon. They aren’t bogus because I disagree with them. They’re bogus because they’re false, irrational, deceitful and manipulative. And yet they have real rhetorical power in the seemingly never-ending debate over sexuality in our society. ”Equality” The worst of them is the “equality” slogan. MSNBC quoted Rachel B. Tiven, CEO of the LGBT legal group Lambda Legal, saying, “We will continue to fight in every arena and in every court until LGBT people and people living with HIV have full equality under the law in every aspect of our lives.” This is bogus. Consider the usual context for the “equality” slogan: “Marriage equality.” I suspect this was the single most influential force leading to the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision three years ago. It’s powerful. I could almost ad