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[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago (13 children)

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Here is an excerpt from Project 2025 from page 481.

Protect faith-based grant recipients from religious liberty violations and maintain a biblically based, social science–reinforced definition of marriage and family. Social science reports that assess the objective outcomes for children raised in homes aside from a heterosexual, intact marriage are clear: All other family forms involve higher levels of instability (the average length of same-sex marriages is half that of heterosexual marriages); financial stress or poverty; and poor behavioral, psychological, or educational outcomes.

For the sake of child well-being, programs should affirm that children require and deserve both the love and nurturing of a mother and the play and protection of a father. Despite recent congressional bills like the Respect for Marriage Act that redefine marriage to be the union between any two individuals, HMRE program grants should be available to faith- based recipients who affirm that marriage is between not just any two adults, but one man and one unrelated woman.

Republicans view heterosexual marriages as superior to homosexual marriages. Republicans came for Roe v. Wade and they are going to come for Obergefell v. Hodges. Gay men aren't done fighting for their rights no matter how old they are. Using intersectionality as a road map to allies in our fight for LGBTQ+ rights is essential. This includes the Palestinian people. Allowing ourselves to be divided plays right into the hands of the people who want to take our rights away.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Finding allies is one thing, but bringing periferal issues into the umbrella of “gay rights” is another. Don’t dilute our efforts and make us lose our focus (which is what they want). There are too many grassroot interests to place them all under the same umbrella of gay rights. Political strength will be watered down. Never assume all share your thoughts on every issue.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The groups that want to take away the rights of gay men and queer people in general are the same groups that want to take away the rights of the Palestinians. Since we are in a shared struggle against the same organizations there is no dilution of effort in taking up each other's causes. edit: typo

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thinking you might have a wee bit more research to do?

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How so? Pinkwashing corporations that are complicit in Israel's genocide and the Republican Party sound like shared antagonistic organizations to me.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The linked article about the root cause of homophobia in Palestine has nothing to do with BDS. Hamas being a far-right Islamist organization, that is homophobic, doesn't justify the actions of Israel or the corporations that are complicit in their genocide. Israel's right to defend itself isn't a blank check to violate international law or commit crimes against humanity. The Palestinians aren't represented by Hamas. So the fact Hamas is homophobic doesn't mean all Palestinians are homophobic. Israel's current government, which is fascist, is lead by Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu's goals are preventing Palestinian statehood and staying out of prison. Netanyahu is not interested in freeing Palestinians or freeing queer Palestinians.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
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