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Yeah I'm trans and I don't trust him at all.
I'm with you on that. I'm a straight, cis, white guy and I don't trust him at all. He talks a decent game now, but if he does get elected and actually walks the walk afterwards... he'd be one of a vanishingly small group of people. Far more likely that he isn't who he says he is.
Even if he's 100% genuine, though... dude brings up God waaaay too often for my liking in an elected official. Makes me worried he'd legislate based on the bible.
If he legislates on “love your neighbor” he can legislate based on the Bible if he wants. He's a member of the PC(USA) a church with trans pastors so I wouldn't fear too much about trans rights. LGBTQ+ people and their allies should be united, whether they are religious or not (because there are religious LGBTQ+ people too, just like the trans pastors I evoked). Divided we're weaker!
I’m agnostic but still attend to a very progressive church in Austin. About 25% of congregation is LGBTQ+ and the church does a lot of pro-trans advocacy including family friendly drag shows which has made the church a lightning rod for politics.
About a year ago before he got all the attention Talarico came and preached on a Sunday. In our town, that in and of itself is a statement. Unless he has a stroke, I feel that Talarico will protect our trans kids.
Paxton is plane evil. So even if James is another politician he is the lesser of two evils.
If you piss off the bigots and "convenience Christians", you're probably doing something right
I'm atheistic but there's something that seems appealing about attending something like what you've described. But I know I'm looking for community rather than religion. Your church sounds beautiful I'm glad places like that exist!
I don't see talarico doing a hard 180 if elected; I've seen a few interviews and despite my feels about religion, I'd vote for him if he was on my ballot without hesitation