• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    I suspect they will clarify the decision to specifically exclude application of it to same-sex relationships, finding that “equal protection” cannot include classes created by “personal choice” such as sexual orientation or gender identity.

    You know… Standard conservative bigotry. The outright racism and re-segregation happens a couple years later, I predict.

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      6 months ago

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: conservatives who think that sexual orientation or gender identity are choices think that because they themselves have chosen to remain in the closet. They lie to themselves and resent that other people might have an easier time than they’ve had and continue to have. I don’t care that they’re gay, but I care about hypocrisy.

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        conservatives who think that sexual orientation or gender identity are choices think that because they themselves have chosen to remain in the closet.

        That’s possible for those conservatives that are closeted, but I think the majority of conservatives simply lack empathy on this point. They have no concept of it for themselves, so they assume everyone is like themselves.

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          Empathy is the exact reason. Until they have first-hand experience with something, they will consistently stand firm on their own beliefs. Until it’s someone they know, it only affects “the wrong people.”