Has the LGBT rights movement become a victim of its own success? | IN 60 SECONDS

While most Americans believe that the lives of gay Americans are improving, AEI's Daniel Cox finds that the data state otherwise.

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[nickbagwell]

I'm straight, nothing against LGBT, just love or sex that all, not crime.

[jjlama]

Funny, that a lot of these comments, claim we have gone too far. Yet, we STILL do not have our guaranteed civil rights. Only 1/2 of the states have them, and the Federal Government doesn’t either. Also, currently the state of Alabama has discontinued giving marriage licenses at all, so as not to have to give them to the LGBT community. Also, Texas is working on canceling spousal benefits to LGBT married couples.
And, the federal government is currently trying to make a religious freedom Bill, allowing doctors and other healthcare professionals to deny having to treat LGBT people. Ha ha I was waiting for you to get up and see if we were going to go or and, the federal government is currently trying to make a religious freedom bill, allowing doctors and other healthcare professionals to deny having to treat medically LGBT people. This is also being done for federal workers as well. Meaning they would not have to give marriage licenses to LGBT couples.
Sadly, 86% of the American population believes, that gays are protected, WE ARE NOT.

FYI, The gay agenda is about FREEDOM! I don’t give a crap, whether you except me or not. However, like any other minority group, I DEMAND that we be treated, respectfully.

PS; I agree about Pride Parades being over the top, and not about PROTESTING, for our RIGHTS.

[wsc]

If a group is recognized for its antipathy to society at large it should not be surprised to find that society is has less than favorable views about it. As was said "The love that dare not speak its name now can't stop shouting it." I favor living in integrated communities with no preference for any group but if a given group, or its representatives, persist in demanding greater recognition than any other then they will not be welcomed by me. Do not demand that I endorse that which I will accept but with which I am not in agreement. Society is out of their bedroom now they have to get out of society's face.

[JonSmith-xhjf]

They have become too absolutist. They get full support from all the media at the cost to non LGBT people. They have erected the wall they want to knock down with the attitude of "you are with us or you are against us". This "purity standard" they preach is so caustic as such, no one can abide.

[kingnaga]

Gay people exist. They are people and deserve equal treatment. People need to just accept it and move on. No matter what side of the isle your on.

[raytune]

Support in our face issue to turn yes to no

[MurderousJohnny]

I think u have an easy job so u have the luxury of inventing problems

[GloryLime]

I think because of social media, people started hating queer people out of spite
Or im just a dumb little gay, who knows

[blackfearjays]

any kind of citation for that claim buddy? you had a graph for your first point
too hard to get a second one?

[AnotherSadPeople]

The problem is right here in the comment sections. Proving the point of the video. No matter what people will find a way to justify their hatred and ignorance.

[ge]

0:32 so the headline and th emain text seem to imply the rising percentage of 3% they are talking about there is percentage of all hate crimes. if it is that, then that is a completely irrelavant statistic to use to say there is a rise in lgbt descrimination.
if it doesnt mean that and it means numbers of lgbt hate crimes is up 3% in one year then what is the surrounding data on that? had it dropped constantly for several years and then rose for one year? taking one statistic like that is very suispicious. a headline like "anti lgbt hate crime constantly rising every year for the past 20 years. if that was what the data showed then that is what the headline would be. ther eis no way they would down play it as a one year rise. so if it that there is a rise in one year, even without the data in front of me i'd be pretty confident in saying that headline is some garbage journalist with an agenda using one very selective statistic to try and lie to people.

[Gary-sxox]

I would like to see more ‘time tested’ truths addressed. Our society and our culture is so quick to define truth based on PC. For example: transgenders that are now in their 60s and 70s are exposing transgenderism for what it really is. The truth about transgenders, according to men and women who lived it, is a result of decades of very serious child abuse. I would also like to see a truth article about gun violence with the absence of guns. In every school shooting there is always a press conference with students. In EVERY press conference these surviving students admit the shooter was extremely bullied. I would also like to see a truth article about the purpose of a father is a family. This society has come to a wrong conclusion about the need for Dads thanks to our pandering media.

[leginaire]

If only they demanded equal rights and not special rights like women and Muslims also do in the west.

[malus]

I cannot say since I am not an American, but I do think that there is definitely a larger trend across the western world.
...and it does really seem quite positive, all in all.



Of course, there are still some problems.
For example, if you are looking to rent an apartment or get a job, you might end up facing the problem of prejudice. If you are open about your sexuality or it just ends up coming up, you may have people not want to have you as a tenant or employee.
And while this affects many other groups as well, sometimes even respectable professions like lawyers - who people might see as dangerous tenants because they know the law much better - it is something that can make your life a bit harder.


And there are still people who will see you as the one who stands out as a "legitimate target for violence", but again, we are not alone there.


I think all in all, being gay puts you in a similar position as for example being Jewish. You are now thankfully a respected member of society, but there are people who will resent you for irrational reasons.


Nevertheless, we are truly blessed that we live in an age were there is universal political consensus that attacks on gay people are a vile thing.
Never forget that this is a recent achievement and that it makes life so much easier.


We live in an age where christian conservative politicians will be overall friendly towards homosexuals, especially in public.
Please let us defend that great world we have reached together!