(05-28-2023, 06:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-28-2023, 06:14 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Yes. They are. They are intentionally targeting children because they see it as a societal goal to normalize sexual fluidity. By targeting my children, you are saying that I need to celebrate it, because my family is an extension of me. Take literally anything they are doing and replace it with Christianity and you can see how insane it is that we allow this to exist in our societal norms. Should we teach children Christianity in schools? It's been around a lot longer than gender theory. No? Why not? What if we just teach it to your children? That's cool with you, right?

There is 900,000% more Christianity poured into our society than there is gay pride. 
Seriously. Bad comp. 
Christian Nationalism is the hottest new trend on the right currently, is it not? 

 I think the "targeting our children" bit is grossly overstated, but again, I see why folks are worried about it. 
I don't expect you to alter your critical stance on how much that is or isn't happening. 
I've said it now exactly FIVE times in this thread that children should not be sexualized or exposed to sexually charged topics before adolescence. Not sure why my posts receive retorts implying otherwise at this point. 


And remind me again, how many gay pride parades have you attended? 
Oh, zero? 
Right, that's because no one expects you to celebrate it.

Sure. I acknowledge YOU stated that. I am not arguing with your beliefs. I am arguing with "their" beliefs. I am a believer that's it's WAY too easy to find a bad example of anything. You can find almost anything in a nation of 300 million people. I try hard not to be reactionary. That said, there is an agenda. I think it's organic, but it's an agenda, nonetheless. People with power want a sexually liberated nation and go out of their way to feed it to the youth. In every generation, there is a zeitgeist, or spirit of the people, that echoes and shapes the views of the time. It often occurs when the power to generate messaging changes hands. 

Christianity has long been a periphery issue in this country since the early 90's. They lost that battle. Anyways, I had no intentions of making a true analogy with Christianity... it was to ask you to consider how you'd feel about the issue if you replaced LGBTQ+ issues with Christianity. This is how I consider what's being pushed vs what's organic. Target has Christian bathing suits? Meh. Their choice. The White House puts a Christian flag across the front of the White House? Not cool. Bud Light hires a trans person for selling beer? Meh. You do you... we teach Christian theory in schools? Not so much. Same goes for government endorsed mandatory Christian education. Keep the religion out of our systems. 

Again, moderates fail to see things for what they are. They know Christians want to make converts. It's what Christianity espouses. Yet, when people say LGBTQ+ wants converts, you say conspiracy. Of course all gays don't think this way, but the organized movement DOES. Right?

San Francisco Gay Choir: 'We'll Convert Your Children' - YouTube

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