The freedoms to live and thrive in a safe environment, to be educated and healthy without falling into debt, and to simply be able to put food on the table are all consistent with the freedom to marry or not, to procreate or not, to affirm one's gender, and to love anyone one chooses.
This June, some Republican-led states are rebranding Pride Month with staid-sounding faux morality.
Instead of celebrating the rights and dignity of its LGBTQ+ communities, Utah and Arkansas are choosing to label this month "Fidelity Month." They may as well come out and say queer people are "infidels."
Tennessee and Alabama Republicans -- supporters of President Donald Trump, a father of five children from three different marriages -- have dubbed June as "nuclear family month."
Alabama's Republican Gov., Kay Ivey, wants the month of June to be known as "Strong Families Month." Ivey, who is also a strong Trump ally, has been married and divorced twice and has no children.
It's rich for Republicans to uphold so-called family values in an economy that is hardly suitable for building and raising families of any sort.
The hypocrisy is off the charts. And it's dangerous.
For much of human history,...
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pride-economic-justice
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