Texas Republicans have decided on a platform that includes abolishing minimum wage, cancelling climate research, banning the teaching of evolution at schools, and repealing the voting rights act, among other things, but hilariously (or depressingly) the one thing on this laundry list that people are angry about is their plan to "rehabilitate" homosexuals, a practice that many say is harmful.
BBC News has more: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27774102
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday June 10 2014, @12:25PM
"The only moral position to take is that someone's sexual preference is nobody else's god damn business."
From an empathy perspective I'd disagree strongly in that its better for friends family and coworkers if they're happy, and if they're happy I'm happy, so to a level that's socially acceptable I should always interact with them to help them be happy.
Note there's a difference between helping out and being a jerk. Lesbian at work not too happy about not being able to get married; the jerk solution is trying to pray her gay away. I butt into her lifestyle by gladly signing her meaningless petitions, not because they'll ever change anything but because she's real happy when I sign them and I wish her luck and I high five her. Personally I don't care if chix can marry each other, but it makes her happy, so I know its the right thing to do.