Whew, okay, I've been reading up on this for the last few minutes and it really seemed like Trump just overturned affirmative action. I was wondering why Twitter was not exploding.
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Trump Guts Obama Order Protecting LGBT Federal Employees
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Whew, okay, I've been reading up on this for the last few minutes and it really seemed like Trump just overturned affirmative action. I was wondering why Twitter was not exploding.
When Lex became president, he sold Lex Corp.
Trump is literally less ethical than an actual supervillain.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Still not the same as if they did that to vote for Trump. I emphasize that because these actions are not a mandate from the public. They fucked up and didn't vote for whatever reason. It's not the same as voting for this monster
I almost wish he had, would make blocking this EO in court a cakewalk. Either way, the ACLU needs to sue ASAP.
BackLogJoe
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What a fucking horrible thing to say.
But I thought he was going to unify the country. Could it be that people voted for a con man?
The answer is yes.
The answer is yes.
So you are saying the LGBTQ community who mostly didn't vote for Trump deserve this?
hydragonwarrior
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Yup, there's the pivot.
BlackClouds
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He only read the For Trump part and thought "This means good".
Journeywalker
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"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
I keep returning to this quote.
The religious freedom angle just doesn't hold water. Government money? Government policy applies. Not just the executive orders, but the laws of the land (as interpreted by the courts). If you're running an adoption agency with Government money, you can't discriminate based on the sexual orientation of the guardian(s). Why doesn't that principle apply to other government contractors? This needs to go to the courts.
I keep returning to this quote.
The religious freedom angle just doesn't hold water. Government money? Government policy applies. Not just the executive orders, but the laws of the land (as interpreted by the courts). If you're running an adoption agency with Government money, you can't discriminate based on the sexual orientation of the guardian(s). Why doesn't that principle apply to other government contractors? This needs to go to the courts.
Spuck-uk
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Most of America didn't vote, and there's your problem.
hydragonwarrior
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Getting voters to vote and fighting the reasons for disinterest is the biggest enemy Dems must face. THe first trial will be in 2018. If they've learned ANYTHING, then they will try to mend their mistakes and motivate their voting population as a whole to vote when it counts.
Media is the best way as it's really how Trump supporters get their voice and their opinion and know when to actually vote.
Sectorseven
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How do you prove you're not discriminating towards sexual orientation? Like, if you're not asking people, how would you even know?
EdibleKnife
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Posting this as many times as I need too. Contact your reps, vote, and/or support organizations if LGBTQ+ civil rights actually matter to you because Trump and this administration never cared about LGBTQ+ rights and never will. In the face of that, we need to fight back:
ACLU
Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The Trevor Project
Trans Lifeline
Transgender Law Center
National Center for Transgender Equality
GLAAD
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
ACLU
Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The Trevor Project
Trans Lifeline
Transgender Law Center
National Center for Transgender Equality
GLAAD
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
So much for "coming together." Everything this administration has done or attempted to do is designed to make his hardcore base happy at the expense of literary everyone else.
Liberals care about the plight of immigrants? Bam, immigration ban.
Liberals care about the environment? Bam, slash funding to the EPA and put a climate change denying hack in charge of it.
Liberals care about Obamacare? Bam, try to repeal and replace it with something that's actively worse than replacing it with nothing at all. (And look out for the purposeful sabotage of Obamacare in the coming weeks and months in a heavy-handed attempt to "prove" some kind of point)
Liberals care about the LGBTQ community? Heh, they're just getting started.
Liberals care about the plight of immigrants? Bam, immigration ban.
Liberals care about the environment? Bam, slash funding to the EPA and put a climate change denying hack in charge of it.
Liberals care about Obamacare? Bam, try to repeal and replace it with something that's actively worse than replacing it with nothing at all. (And look out for the purposeful sabotage of Obamacare in the coming weeks and months in a heavy-handed attempt to "prove" some kind of point)
Liberals care about the LGBTQ community? Heh, they're just getting started.
i_am_ben
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I could be wrong, however, a lot of the other types of discrimination are covered by other laws. A lot of non-discrimination laws across america don't include gay people which is why these executive orders were important.
davepoobond
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Just another job killing regulation
Dead Prince
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gay to straight conversion sounds great to them probably. this is trumps plan all along
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Weren't there some conservative LGBT that were saying that they already won the marriage equality fight and everything was moving in the right direction and thus LGTB rights were no longer a concern? Yeah. I remember that. I swear there even was an article about it.
Via Purifico
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Considering some gay males actually think this you're probably remembering that right.
Netherscourge
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Trump believes racism, sexism and bigotry are good for the economy.
He thinks making employers be diverse is hurting their profits.
That's all that I am inferring from Trump's executive orders. He'd rather help employers make money than help employees have equal rights.
He thinks making employers be diverse is hurting their profits.
That's all that I am inferring from Trump's executive orders. He'd rather help employers make money than help employees have equal rights.
EdibleKnife
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It's a mind set that can only come from a life of believing and reinforcing that only straight white Christian males work hard and should make money while minorities and women simply mooch off of men's hard work.
This is what it meant when people said "don't throw your vote away writing in bernie or saying both sides and not voting. Vote Hillary. Then fix it with someone who is at least pretending to listen." All of this was evident day 1 of his election. No masks, no cover ups. He was a literal threat to the quality of life for many Americans. Then he surrounded himself with a literal nazi. Yet it's what a lot of people went for. Says a lot about your fellow Americans. Sure he didn't win the popular vote, but that's not how we elect presidents. Enough people agreed with him to win.
I can see why people say this is what we deserve. Because white people too are poor, and are lgbtq. Maybe once it affects them, we will see push back and change. For some reason that population has to be engulfed in flames and dying before having empathy.
The message of the GOP is evil, do not vote for them. Was met with a debate about protest voting and other nonsense. This election has taught people what it means to vote, and hopefully this never happens again.
Luthor got the world close to nuclear war pretty quick. Can Trump trump a comic book villain?
It isn't, but I think someone can use the 14th amendment as a defense to stop it.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
R10Neymarfan
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He has the potential to
It says no state may do it, does that mean the federal government cannot either?
Either way, ACLU better get started.
AnotherNils
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I can't find a single article about this in the MSM. It's driving me nuts.
ShironRedshift
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Definitely can't be stated enough, agreed. Thanks for sharing.
A Link to the Past
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The people who voted for Trump aren't the people affected by this. I get the sentiment, but it's a sentiment that has no place whatsoever in this thread. This isn't "oh robots are taking my jobs even though Trump said they wouldn't" or "oh my healthcare is fucked even though Trump said he'd fix it," it's "marginalized group got further marginalized."
Probably was some white straight republican who wanted to trick people.
Like that photo of a white woman holding a "Blacks for trump" sign.
I remember that narrative being pushed heavily by moderate fence sitters around here after the election.
Luckily they have finally shut up. Which is the moderate thing to do.
Trump is such fucking scum.
Bruh...
IrishNinja
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spoiler: that person almost certainly doesn't; if you had enough ignorance/self-loathing at that stage of the game this isn't gonna shake that for you
fluffydelusions
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Crimson-Death
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How sad I am that yeah, I would prefer Luthor and any other past Republican candidate for the presidency. At least they showed some kind of competence, and Luthor would bring a utopia to show that mankind is better than the extraterrestrials and superbeings.
Here, Trump just wants to stick it to the better of mankind 'cause they are more intelligent, kind, and successful. So he must bring it all down, burn it all down.
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