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The letters LGBTQ stand for a sexual terms.
When a group uses sexual terms as their identity ie LGBTQ then it's illogical to say sex should be kept out of it.
There's more to being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer than just sex. Just as there's more to being heterosexual than just sex.
If I say I'm married, am I bringing sex into it? If the above terms are sexual terms, then marriage is one, too.
Read the definitions again. The primary factor is sexuality.
Let's see what the definition of married is. Married = (of two people) united in marriage. The word "sexual" isn't in that definition like it is with LGBTQ Pride.
Does that mean you have to support and approve of everything about human beings?
Sure, that's a factor. But it's not the only one. Whether or not it's the primary one I guess would depend on what you choose to focus on.
If "lesbian" describes a sexual relationship, then so does "married." Of course, there's more to each term than just the sexual part, so if there's more involved with one term, then there's more involved with the other.
But it is as you admit the primary factor, thus it's the primary focus.
Nope, the definition of lesbian and married were already given. You're comparing apples to oranges.
What compassion means is: sympathetic pity and concern for the misfortune of others. Are you saying being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer is a misfortune?
I never said it was the "primary" factor, that's your claim. I simply admitted it was a factor.
Yup, and while both may include a sexual component to the definition, there are other things involved. If you focus exclusively on the sexual component for one, but not the other, then you're using a double standard.
All the terms being used here contain a sexual component in addition to other things. I'm simply not focusing on the sexual part for some of them, and disregarding it for another. I'm applying a single standard to each definition rather than a double one.
Did I say that? Check again.
My bad, I read that as the A factor. Nonetheless as can be seen in the definition it is the primary factor.
The definition focuses primarily on sexuality and sexuality is the primary component of L.G.B.T.Q regardless of if someone wants to redefine it, or wants to bury it, or close their eyes to it.
That's how I took it. I don't see a significant difference if he actually meant that he planned to push back against LGBTQ groups though. Free speech remains a thing - except possibly in Utah, I guess.
Free speech doesn't mean what's said can't be objected to or have action taken against it. Depending on its content a social media post can result in the poster being banned, reprimanded, censured, fired, sued, getting a restraining order, fined, arrested etc. And it's unlikely those espousing the first amendment and free speech would be doing so if the post said something like "Down with Pride", "Pride month needs to go", "Homosexuality is wrong" etc etc.
There are relatively few things that you can say that can get you fined or arrested, and I don't think anything mentioned in the OP meets that standard. Everything else you've described are private actions by individuals or corporations, not the government, and are thus irrelevant to this discussion.
Once again, you're wrong. I - and I believe most other people who object to this statement - would have a problem with a government official proposing legislation to punish people for saying things like "Down with Pride," "Pride month needs to go," or "Homosexuality is wrong."
What about a restraining order?
The word punish wasn't used. That's just an assumption.
