19 October 2018

Embracing Hate

At lunchtime today, Donald Trump will be the featured speaker before the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council (FRC). Trump will speak at their so-called Value Voters Summit (details here).

The FRC actively lobbies against equal rights for LGBT Americans and agressively opposes same-sex marriage, same-sex civil unions, and LGBT adoption. They're also anti-divorce, notwithstanding they'll be honoring a twice-divorced man who's an admitted adulterer.

Richard Cohen, who heads the anti-hate group Southern Poverty Law Center, said "by appearing at the Values Voter Summit, Trump is lending the legitimacy of his office to a hate group that relentlessly demonizes LGBT people and works to deny them of their equal rights. His appearance puts the lie to his campaign promise to be a friend to the LGBT community. Bigotry is not an American value, and the President should speak out against it."

Remember when Trump promised to be LGBT-friendly? Yeah, that was another gigantic lie. He's the opposite of what he promised to be.

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