Do straight, married couples need a formal, state-sponsored celebration? Ohio politicians say yes, and they’re hoping that the new holiday will get couples in the mood for love.
Two dozen Ohio lawmakers and counting have signed onto a bill which would create “Natural Family Month,” a monthlong celebration situated between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day which exclusively celebrates married heterosexual couples.
Natural Family Month
State Reps. Beth Lear and Josh Williams introduced the bill, which they say is designed to reverse diminishing birth rates by uplifting marriage and families.
Though the bill doesn’t define the term “natural family,” statements made by the bill’s authors make it clear the LGBTQ+ community and unmarried couples aren’t included.
"At a time when marriage is trending downward and young couples are often choosing to remain childless, it's important for the State of Ohio to make a statement that marriage and families are the cornerstone of civil society,” reads a statement from Representative Lear.
There’s one group of Ohioans who won’t be dimming the lights and lighting scented candles for Natural Family Month: The LGBTQ+ community, who bill authors say the would-be holiday is specifically not celebrating.
“The purpose of the month is to promote natural families—meaning a man, a woman, and their children—as a way to encourage higher birth rates,” said a statement from Rep. Williams. “This is not about discriminating against other family structures, but about supporting the one most directly tied to the creation and raising of children.”
In other words, this is a “straights only” holiday.
"An Act of Erasure"
Natural Family Month has LGBTQ+ advocates fuming, and they say the bill is nothing but an attempt to minimize gay families at the expense of straight ones. Equality Ohio director Dwayne Steward says it is a “calculated act of strategic erasure.”
“It not only invalidates the existence of single parents and countless other caregivers, but it takes direct aim at LGBTQ+ families across our state,” he explained. “If you’re not a heterosexual, monogamous couple with children, you don’t count as a family at all.”
Others argued that if Ohio politicians wanted to uplift families and raise the birthrate, they’re going to need to do better than a symbolic holiday.
“If this really is about declining birthrates, personally, I’d think affordable childcare, paid leave, healthcare and lower grocery costs would make people want to have kids,” stated Rachel Coyle, programs director for Ohioans Against Extremism.
“But what do I know? Maybe all they need is a new month with a new name.”
Faith-Based Discrimination
While the proposal doesn’t specifically mention faith, the group pushing the proposal behind the scenes – the Natural Family Foundation (NFF) – appears to be a faith-based organization with a highly traditional, patriarchal view of families and child-rearing.
“The family’s broken,” said NFF founder James Harrison in an interview last year. “I came to the realization that God didn’t make a mistake when he created the family as a first institution for the benefit of man,” he stated. “What does a Father in heaven mean to you if you don’t have one here on planet Earth?”
According to the NFF website, natural families are the “cornerstone of all civilization,” and families need a “clear male leader”. “When the fabric is torn and/or the social contracts become immoral, working against the traditional family,” their website reads, “then society as a whole is threatened with extinction.”
“Natural Family Month” is just one of many recent bills sprouting up across the country seeking to celebrate a straight, or white, or Christian status quo.
In this case, Ohio politicians want to celebrate a very narrow vision of the nuclear family, one which intentionally excludes unmarried couples and queer couples. And though they say it’s about reversing declining birthrates, critics say there are clearly other motives at play.
What is your response?
87 comments
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Rev Samantha Counihan
thats not gonna happen because June already has a month long holiday called Transgender Month, and if someone thats part of LGBTQ is with someone they can still celebrate straight day, because trans women that gets with a cis man theyre both straight, and a trans man gets with a woman theyre both straight
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Rev. BH
That glowingly all-white family up top looks to be one step away from the Happy Farm.
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Patti Anne Lisenbee
What this proposed bill entirely overlooks is the amount of abuse that occurs in a typical Nuclear family. So many of them are horrible. They present a 'normal' face, but inwardly they are rotting. women often stay in them because they will have no way to support themselves if they leave, or other fears, like "no one will love me!" The bill also overlooks all the single parents - mostly women - there are out there. Men want to play but not pay. Why buy the whole cow when you can take the part you want for free?Men and Women are left with raising children on their own. And what if the mother dies from childbirth? That still happens far too much. does that mean you're not a "real" family anymore? This bill is bad to the core. rise up, people, and fight against it!
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Carl Henry Hauschulz
Why not? Isn't "inclusiveness" about EVERYBODY? If you can have one group, you can have them all.....
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K. Davis
I was raised by a single mother. Ignoring the blatant homophobia for a second, this is basically saying that my mother and I aren’t a family. That boils my blood more than anything, because she has done so much for me, more than many other parents can say. To say that we aren’t a family is just insulting.
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Daniel Gray
quit your crying. If they can have a pride month then they can have a straight month or the pride month is classified as discrimination and never had again
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Michael Hunt
Pride Month celebrates the LGBTQ community's ability to be themselves in public and the end of legal discrimination against them. In what ways have straight people been discriminated against historically? How have straight people been told to "stay in the closet" or have been assaulted for holding hands in public? All these things have happened to the LGBTQ community and, in some places, still do. That's why we celebrate Pride Month and not Straight Month.
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Daniel Gray
Makes no difference Mikey, you cant have one without allowing the other or it runs afoul of Discrimination laws. Deal with it
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Rev. BH
Danny, If I celebrate Christmas must I also celebrate Satanmass? You know, to avoid discriminating against the Satanic Temple?
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Timothy Edward Taggart
Based on this logic then Pride Month is a clear-cut attempt to erase and subjugate normal families.
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Steven Ferrell
It is amazing the alphabet group, the so called tolerant ones, only want their lifestyle to be promoted and if others who don’t live their lifestyle want to promote a different lifestyle that is different from them, the more the alphabet ones yell and have a fit that show they are not tolerant at all unless you agree with them.
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Rev Ned
Stupid people breed at a higher rate than intelligent people. Which explains why we have the Florida 🍊 Felon POTUS.
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ServantOfJudgement
Illegals breed at a higher rate than blu collar workers. Elon Musk has tons of kids. Maybe you're right.
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Minister Rob
Except Elon Musk IS a naturalized citizen!
Elon Musk is a US citizen. He became a US citizen in 2002 through naturalization. He moved to the US, obtained work and student visas, and completed the immigration process.
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Rev Big Al
Well said
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Wesley Richard Hunt
YES A MONTH. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A GAY COUPLE HAD A NATURAL CHILD.
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K. Davis
Dude doesn’t know trans people exist lmao
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Roy S. Thorpe
All we need is a bunch of government officials telling us how to live our lives! Legislate our lives the way they interpret the Bible? Too many self righteous people out there already!
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James Riggle-Johnson
Hasn’t every month, and every day in America, been about straight families? I haven’t seen the need for a law or court decision that makes it legal for a straight white couple to be married or have children. I have seen court decisions and laws passed to allow interracial couples and same-sex couples to have equal opportunity to marry. I have seen laws used to prevent same sex couples from adopting unwanted children.
And before someone says it… homosexuality is not a preference or a choice. It is biology. Pride celebrations began in the first place to teach people that we are everywhere, that we were their sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. It has never been about pushing it down the throats of straight people. It was to teach others like us that they were not alone, and they should be proud of who they are. It began so that LGBTQ people had a safe space in public to show their affections for each other by holding hands and/or kissing each other without repercussions.
It is still needed because LGBTQ people are still attacked, both verbally and physically in public spaces, for just being LGBTQ. So, get over it. Stop trying to force us back into the closet. Stop attacking us at every opportunity. If they simply treated us like themselves, then there wouldn’t be a need to push for our equality.
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James Riggle-Johnson
Hasn’t every month, and every day in America, been about straight families? I haven’t seen the need for a law or court decision that makes it legal for a straight white couple to be married or have children. I have seen court decisions and laws passed to allow interracial couples and same-sex couples to have equal opportunity to marry. I have seen laws used to prevent same sex couples from adopting unwanted children.
And before someone says it… homosexuality is not a preference or a choice. It is biology. Pride celebrations began in the first place to teach people that we are everywhere, that we were their sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. It has never been about pushing it down the throats of straight people. Holding hands or kissing your partner/spouse in public is not a sexual act that needs to be kept in our bedrooms. It’s emulating what our “Normal Family” counterparts have been doing for centuries.
Get over it. Stop forcing us back into the closet. Stop attacking us at every opportunity. If they simply treated us like themselves, then there wouldn’t be a need to push for our equality.
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Wendy Chandler
I believe the straights should be recognized as well. However this whole issue is getting way out of hand and redicules. We should do away with all recently added holidays and recognized days and have one month dedicated to everyone. This is creating more separation and nastiness.
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A.E.
So dumb. Even if the goal really were to help raise the birthrate, many people aren't having kids because they work all the time and can barely support themselves. Maybe if they quit handing all the infrastructure meant to benefit families and children corporations and random billionaires, there would be more people willing to have larger families.
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Frederick Goslin
"While my faith teaches me that God created only two genders and that relationships outside of this are not in accordance with His will, I believe that the state operates under a different set of principles. The state's role, in my view, should be to ensure equal rights and protections for all citizens, regardless of their personal choices in relationships. Establishing a holiday specifically for 'straight' couples seems to blur the lines between religious doctrine and state governance. It suggests that the state is endorsing one particular type of relationship over others, which I believe is outside its purview and potentially discriminatory. If the state feels the need to create such a holiday, it indicates a misunderstanding of its secular role and a potential misapplication of religious concepts to civil law
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Wesley Richard Hunt
The whole idea is to promote having children
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Ari Joseph Bertine
The whole point of things like this is to blur the lines between church and state. These people do not support religious freedom. They are trying for religious supremacy.
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Ari Joseph Bertine
LGBTQ+ targets aside, this is going to be incredibly painful to people who can't have children for medical reasons. Way to rub salt in deep wounds just to lash out at people you don't like, jerks. Only an utter ******* would do this.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Ari, Agreed. I shouldn't have to tell you this, but the backlash is as much about the single mother as it is about the LGBTQIA+ families. The sad truth is there are probably ten times as many single mothers than queer families, and on this post there are ten times as many LGBTQIA+ bashers here than those that recognize it is about the single mother too.
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Timothy C Stone
Institutionalized bigotry.
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Rev. Carol M Anaski-Figurski
great idea! stand up for what you believe in.
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Brent LaDon Collier
I agree.
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Melinda Fulk
I live in Ohio and this is just a No. Although it will probably happen because the party in charge doesn't care about what their constituents think until it's election time. (Trust me, I'm not just throwing shade or being disgruntled on that bit.)
I know very few married families in our area, unless you climb up the economic brackets. Out of our daughters' friends when they were younger, we were the only family still married. This will be so disrespectful to the majority of Ohio's families.
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Michael Arthur Lueras
That which is called "Straight" is slavery of woman to man. "Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you." (Genesis 3:16) But The Quran says, "This message is for all humankind." (Quran 14:52) Some "Straight" people think that they are somehow superior to others who do not identify as "Straight." But "...all have sinned and come short of The Glory of God." (Romans 3:23) In the sight of God no one is "Straight" or LGBTQRSTUVXYZ Etc. but instead "All will submit to the Will of Allah willingly or unwillingly." (Quran 3:83) All are Muslim willingly or unwillingly. Allah is Most Merciful and Most Compassionate to all who will accept The Will of God as Something Perfect. But Christian Nationalism (which promotes the "Straight" way of life as superior to other ways of life) is The Evil Spirit PERSONIFIED: "There are those who say that they are of Me but they are really not of me." (Jesus in John 14:24) The message of Jesus was for The Tribe of Judah which no longer exists due to The Diaspora which occurred because The Tribe of Judah broke its Covenant with Jehovah that they would accept as their King someone in the lineage of David chosen by Jehovah. But the Quran says, "I will fill Hell with jinn and humans all - a multitude from every community." (Quran 11:119) A tribe is a community. A nation is a community. Enough said. Amen?
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Wesley Richard Hunt
ACCORDING TO ISLAM ALL LGBT DESERVE DEATH.
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Michael Arthur Lueras
Have you read The Quran even ONE TIME? The Quran says, "ALL BORN will taste death." (Quran 21:35) Not just those who have CHOSEN an LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ Etc. identity. And: "This message is for ALL HUMANKIND." (Quran 14:52) Anyone who will abandon an LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ Etc. identity for a Willing Muslim Identity will be accepted by Allah as that because Allah IS Most Merciful and Most Compassionate TO ANYONE who will accept The Will of God as Something Perfect. And keep in mind that any "LGBT" person who was killed by WHOMEVER for WHATEVER reason would not have been RENDERED IMMORTAL thereby. But "There are those who think that they are rendered immortal by what they have." (Quran 104:3) But ALL BORN WILL have death in their future if they had been born in the past. Any "LGBT" person who was killed by "Islam" as you put it WOULD HAVE DIED OR WILL DIE ANYWAY by some other means BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN!!!! And remember what Abel had told Cain right before he was slain by Cain: "You are helping me Brother." (Quran 5:27-28) Death has gotten bad reputation over time. Actually death is a BLESSING especially if you die while INNOCENT or better yet in a state of SUBMISSION to The Will of God. As for those who ENTHUSIASTICALLY KILL MUSLIMS (The U.S.A. Military in particular) there is THIS from Allah PERSONALLY: "I WILL fill Hell with jinn and humans ALL - a MULTITUDE from EVERY community." (Quran 32:13) Amen!?
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Cindi
Maybe we shouldn't celebrate any of it. We celebrate holidays and such. Do we celebrate God? Or are we worshiping and idolizing sexual preferences? I have always disagreed with blasting to the public, standing on a mountain, shouting that they are Gay (homosexual) or that I am straight? Respect comes from both sides. Keep your sexual preferences private. Don't force me to celebrate something I disagree with. And I will NOT worship your sexual preferences!
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Reverend Paula Copp
Your christianity is on full display, Cindi. Once again, it appears that science is left out of the equation when deciding who is worthy of human dignity. For the last time, HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A CHOICE! Who in their right mind would CHOOSE to be gay when there are so many bigots going out of their way to hurt us? Believe me, Cindi, we really couldn’t possibly care less whether you wish to support us or not, because you sound less like a christian and more like a homophobe.
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Jimmy Moon
HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A CHOICE! is a lie straight out of Satan's mouth.
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Reverend Paula Copp
Hey there, Mr. Moon. I’d tell you that science has proven that homosexuality is a normal occurrence in nature and in the human animal, but something tells me that you don’t believe in science, either. If you choose to believe delusions over science, and I believe you do, then there is no sense in trying to reason with you…you’re just plain wrong.
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Jimmy Moon
If GOD put 50 male queers on an island and 50 female queers on another island, what would the population be on each island in 30 years? Take your time to answer. I have all eternity to wait.
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Keith Ramsey
Both populations have gone up because more people visit or move there. But to answer your question, God doesn't people in those situations. You are trying to create an argument to make yourself feel better about the hate you are insinuating.
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Jimmy Moon
You know the answer is zero because GOD did not make people that way. It's a choice. I'm not hating anyone, just trying to get their attention before it is too late.
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Ari Joseph Bertine
Plenty of gay couples get together with other gay couples to have kids, and being gay does not prevent people from making boats. If God did such a thing it would be to show bigots that love and the desire for a family overcomes all, including sexual preferences and being isolated and hated.
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Rev. BH
Jimmy, if your god put 50 straight men on an island and 50 straight women on another island, your result would be the same. What's your point?
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Michael Hunt
God didn't put them there though. He put them in a society that also includes heterosexual couples. Of course, this all relies on a belief in God's existence, which not everyone believes.
If you were to actually do some research on the topic instead of blindly following your faith, you'd find numerous studies that indicate your sexual preferences are affected by your biology and it's not a choice.
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Todd Leslie Miller
Reverend, I am sure that numerous LGBTQ couples have adopted children and have been wonderful parents. The issue here is GETTING WOMEN PREGNANT. Now since this movement is Christian it can’t be the Lebensborn movement in Germany where the young SS officer picks out a fraulein, takes her out to the cow barn and plants his seed. My position is either celebrate both or don’t celebrate either.
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Wesley Richard Hunt
So you are saying all men are NAZIS.
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Rev. BH
Wesley, that's you takeaway from Todd? I read no such thing.
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Alice Sarah Browne
Of course not. Just the ones that ACT like Nazis.
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Ari Joseph Bertine
What do you mean it can't be like the Lenensborn movement? Sure it can. Most Nazis were Christian, either Catholic or Protestant. Christianity and Nazism are not mutually exclusive. Modern Nazis bank on that.
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Lionheart
Which God do you like to celebrate, Lady Cindi? Would it by any chance be that biblical one that had no problem killing people when he got upset things didn’t go his way?
Dionysus, the god of wine, seemed to be a nice one. I don’t think that god killed anyone, but I could be wrong as most gods seemed to have their weird issues.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Dionysus wasn't exactly your jolly god. Some celebrations/rituals were crazy wild and those who didn't participate hopefully knew enough to lock themselves away if they valued their lives. (Picture a group of insanely drunken people--including women [!]--going on the wild.) But none of this means that going temporarily insane wasn't a good thing.
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ServantOfJudgement
The god of wine kills over 2.5 million people each year. Got my nephew two years back. In the process of killing my sister as we speak.
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Lionheart
I’m so sorry to hear that SOJ. It got a good childhood friend of my wife a few weeks ago. Gone way too soon. 😢
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Ari Joseph Bertine
It's very clear that sexual preferences are far more important to Christian legislators than anything Jesus said to do. That's why the straights need to announce theirs too. It's all about sex and money, everything these politicians do.
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ServantOfJudgement
Absolutely correct Cindi.
These stupid months and days we have cost money to upkeep.
Take it all away and stop spending our money to tickle someone's ego.
The lgbtqia++map community is pure sexual in nature. That's all it is, it's how they identify. That's why a straight month is pointless. Straight people don't identify as straight, we got bigger fish to fry.
Nothing to be proud of if you're lgbtqia++map and nothing to be proud of if you're straight.
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K. Davis
Maps are not part of the lgbtq+ community. They are a psyop by 4chan to make queer people look bad. Any queer can tell you that we do not associate with anyone that identifies themselves as a “map”. If you an actual organization that gleefully welcomes pedophiles, you only need to look to organized religion, such as Christianity and Catholicism.
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ServantOfJudgement
I hope your right KDavis but I'm afraid Ill be right.
I think they've got their flag design picked out already. These things creep in slowly.
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Michael Hunt
I mean ask any person who is LGBTQ if they support pedophiles and I will strongly denounce any one who does. I think you'll find that none of them do.
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Elizabeth Jane Erbe Wilcox
I know that there are some people who are less intelligent than others, many of them not by their own choice. But this takes the proverbial cake.
Do they not understand (no they don’t) that every second, minute, hour, day, night, week, month, and year already “celebrates” the “natural family?”
How about we celebrate HUMAN BEINGS for a change? How about dumping the fake outrage about the LGBTQ+ community? How about embracing that each human being is unique?
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Ari Joseph Bertine
Sadly, I don't think its fake outrage. It's still popular worldwide to murder LGBTQ+ people, and if people are afraid they would get in trouble for murdering them, they make laws to denigrate them so their hatred has some outlet. They are obsessed with making themselves the judge.
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Robert Gagnon
How about everyone that considers themselves a family celebrate it right along with them. Does this mean step parents are not included? For the WASP's to enable divorce and then celebrate the family unit is some what confusing. Are single parents with children excluded? If you are LGB you shouldn't consider yourself unnatural, screw what someone else thinks. And for those that have physically and/or mentally separated themselves from their natural sex at birth, you have your month, stop making everything about you. There is no law that says anyone cannot celebrate any holiday they wish to.
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Echo
11 months celebrating straight relationships, but its not enough. They need all 12 months?!?! How about learning to be accepting of your neighbors, instead of persecuting them.
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Alexander Clarke
What a novel idea! One that escapes right wing conservatives.
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Dr Rohn
I'm not following what you're saying. What celebration of straight anything is 11 months long?
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Mrknowitall
We persecute people that kill children, if you think the Homosexual clan is OK your wrong, they are all evil to the core.
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Rev. BH
I believe the word you want is "prosecute". And yes, we should prosecute murderers. But the "homosexual clan" has no lock on killing children. That would be war, disease and accidents. Plus, to your point: " Scientific research does not provide any evidence that gay men or lesbians are any more likely than heterosexuals to molest children."
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Michael Hunt
Last time I checked, LGBTQ people weren't killing kids. Calling an entire group evil for who they are is the same thing the Nazis did to Jews, homosexuals, and people with Down Syndrome.
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ServantOfJudgement
Some Jews just got shot in DC by leftists. Lefties abort down syndrome kids all day long, Palestinians and Muslim states execute homosexuals. Why does the left love Palestinians and Islam?
The socialist Left morphed into the Nazi. You guys are doing good but please pick a new name next time, the term Nazi is getting boring.
You got this!
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Rev. BH
"Nazism is generally considered a far-right ideology. While the Nazis used some left-leaning rhetoric, such as the term "National Socialism," their core ideology was rooted in extreme nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism, all of which are typically associated with the right-wing of the political spectrum"
And please cite a source or two for "Lefties abort down syndrome kids all day long."
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Michael Hunt
And here comes SoJ with completely irrelevant comments to try and paint liberals as evil. If you knew anything about history you'd understand that the Nazi party was a far-right party, not a left-wing party.
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ServantOfJudgement
No parades, no flags, no nothing. I'm sorry to say but every single person who thinks that is in a sorry state of delusion.
Lol, every day is straight day. Sad sad sad.
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Najah P Tamargo
Najah Tamargo-USA
There are PLENTY of straight families with children. Do they really need a whole month??
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Ari Joseph Bertine
These are probably the same people who want White History Month.
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Nicholas J Page
Discrimination against the gay community.Disgustinh treatment
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Brent LaDon Collier
Y'all have pride month why not straight month..
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Keith Ramsey
Because EVERY MONTH is straight month...
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ServantOfJudgement
What color on the lgbtqia++map represents straight? Is drinking morning coffee a nod towards straight people? When are the parades held and where? Do my socks have only one place for my foot to go because they're designed for straight white guys? Does my radio in my truck have two knobs because I'm straight and dig chicks?
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Patricia Ann Gross
Yes, every month is straight white month, so therefore, St. Patrick's day and 4th of July parades are celebrating straight white people. Same with Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day (since they are now being erased from the labor force and the military. By the way, no need for white history month because American History is straight white American history. Did you learn about the Stonewall riots or the Tulsa Massacre in high school? I didn't think so. Both were pivotal in the liberation of gay/trans and black people in this country. AND, the radio in your truck has two knobs because one is to set the volume and the other is to tune into the station to your favorite genre of music or propaganda if you prefer the all talk radio. Thought you should know the REAL reason.
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Timothy C Stone
That's like asking, 'Y'all have Black History Month why can't we have White History Month?' How stupid are people? Almost all history classes celebrate the white people accomplishments because history is written by the victors. By the way, the current Fascists want to 'white wash' Black History lessons. "Texas has faced criticism for legislation impacting how Black history and race are taught in schools. The state has passed laws, including Senate Bill 3, that limit how slavery and issues of race are taught, framing slavery as a deviation from the nation's founding principles rather than a central part of them. These laws have been criticized for potentially obscuring the state's history of slavery and limiting open discussions about race and injustice." google search
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Rev Big Al
Really, you are comparing Black History Month to Pride Month. There is no comparison. Black History Month celebrates the accomplishments of the African American. A group of people who were looked down on just because of the color of there skin. To judge someone just based on the color of there skin is Wrong. Pride month has to do with how one choses to behave. One might say they do not have a choice they are born that way. They have a choice and they chose to be with someone of there same sex. Which is fine I could careless you you want to be with but you do have a choice. If born Black you cannot just change your color. So if the LGBTQ+ community just want to live and enjoy there life then do so stop pushing it in everyone face with your flags, parades and festivals. And do not get up-set when another group of people want to do the same thing.
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Minister Rob
Agreed Rev Big Al
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ServantOfJudgement
If your right Nicolas, isn't Pride month discrimination also?
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Douglas Robert Spindler
It's Christians again promoting discrimination. Ohio has one of the larger populations of LGBTQ+* and Christians cannot accept the fact they can be good people and wonderful parents.
Ohio's birth rate is on the decline. One has to ask if there are so many Christians why aren't they having Children?
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ServantOfJudgement
That's right whenever you promote a group you discriminate against another group.
Are there any months, days or programs you can think of where we promote a certain group? If so, all other "not promoted" groups are discriminated against.
Stop discrimination and stop all government promotions.
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Rev. BH
SoJ, silly logic. If I promote National Chicken Month because I like chicken or am I chicken farmer, must I also promote National Kale Month to be fair? No.
You are not discriminating against "not promoted" groups by simply ignoring them.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Douglas, you speak as though being Christian and LGBTQIA+ are mutually exclusive. A large segment of the protestant side of Christianity is open and affirming to and has many members within this group. Many of them have clergy who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and/or gender fluid. Most of them welcome them as members and church leaders, will perform weddings for them and welcome their children. If you haven't found one, you aren't looking hard enough.
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People are going too far with these holidays or recognitions. But it’s fine. There’s pride month also…..every time you turn around a new holiday that caused division. Black history or Black America pageant….. there’s no Hispanic, Asian, Italian, etc for these 2 events. But don’t let there be a White…..
White people aren’t the only humans who owned slaves….there were Black plantation owners who owned slaves. The British started the slave industry, why aren’t they held accountable for this. The African tribes sold their own people into slavery. Nothing has been said about these issues….but it is what it is. It’s a conundrum