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On Wednesday, Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson asked
President Obama a question that�s on many LGBT Americans� minds:
What�s going to happen to our rights under President Trump and
his cabinet?

�How confident are you that progress [on LGBT rights] will
endure or continue under the President-elect?� Johnson asked,
after recapping some of the achievements of the last eight
years: the legalization of same-sex marriage, the elimination of
�Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell,� and more.

In response, the outgoing president put a brave face on�but
maybe too brave of a face.

�I don�t think it is something that will be reversible because
American society has changed; the attitudes of young people, in
particular, have changed,� Obama said.

He went on to predict that �there are still going to be some
battles that need to take place,� particularly around
transgender rights, but that pro-LGBT attitudes among �young
people of Malia [and] Sasha�s generation� would ultimately carry
the day.

It�s clear that Obama took the same approach to LGBT rights as a
good Boy Scout does to his campground: He left them in a better
state than he first found them. But how much has American
society really �changed� during his tenure?

At the press conference, the president referred to a
�transformation that�s taken place in our society� around LGBT
rights. But was it an irreversible �transformation� after all?
Not quite.

There�s plenty of evidence to suggest that anti-LGBT sentiment
will be an enduring feature of the American cultural and
political landscape. And there are no guarantees that the
progress the Obama administration has made cannot be turned back.

According to Gallup, just under 30 percent of Americans still
believe that same-sex sexual relationships�not even marriages,
mind you�should be illegal. Over a third oppose same-sex
marriage and 37 percent maintain that �gay or lesbian relations�
are �morally wrong.�

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-obama-is-wrong-lgbt-rights-are- all-too-easily-reversible
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On Wednesday, Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson asked
President Obama a question that’s on many LGBT Americans’ minds:
What’s going to happen to our rights under President Trump and
his cabinet?

“How confident are you that progress [on LGBT rights] will
endure or continue under the President-elect?” Johnson asked,
after recapping some of the achievements of the last eight
years: the legalization of same-sex marriage, the elimination of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and more.

In response, the outgoing president put a brave face on—but
maybe too brave of a face.

“I don’t think it is something that will be reversible because
American society has changed; the attitudes of young people, in
particular, have changed,” Obama said.

He went on to predict that “there are still going to be some
battles that need to take place,” particularly around
transgender rights, but that pro-LGBT attitudes among “young
people of Malia [and] Sasha’s generation” would ultimately carry
the day.

It’s clear that Obama took the same approach to LGBT rights as a
good Boy Scout does to his campground: He left them in a better
state than he first found them. But how much has American
society really “changed” during his tenure?

At the press conference, the president referred to a
“transformation that’s taken place in our society” around LGBT
rights. But was it an irreversible “transformation” after all?
Not quite.

There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that anti-LGBT sentiment
will be an enduring feature of the American cultural and
political landscape. And there are no guarantees that the
progress the Obama administration has made cannot be turned back.

According to Gallup, just under 30 percent of Americans still
believe that same-sex sexual relationships—not even marriages,
mind you—should be illegal. Over a third oppose same-sex
marriage and 37 percent maintain that “gay or lesbian relations”
are “morally wrong.”

It will not be turned back for at least four years.

Trump was the first President elected who supported same-sex marriage
during the campaign.

Trump has no intention of reinstituting the ban on homosexuals in the military.


Michael

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