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Was it hard to socialize her?

I don't mean to be contrarian, but I do want to point to lots of queer-owned businesses that truly mean it when they celebrate the community!

I really like Pete Buttigieg. He's got charisma, smarts, credentials, and the ability to show intellectual superiority in a way that is not condescending or patronizing. An increasingly undereducated country needs that.

That said, Harris was absolutely nobody's choice for President, except Biden and herself. It was not a good time to add to the "force down our throat" feeling of that election, and conservatives seem to be triggered by anything LGBTQ+ existing as it being "forced down their throat."

Never really had Waltz on the radar until he was nominated. It felt like an odd choice, but he did seem to relate to the electorate a lot more than she did. Honestly, I really don't know how Biden's formerly great political instincts abandoned him so completely in passing the torch.

Yeah absolutely. It's like when two people of the same sex kiss and you hear, I don't want to explain sex to m'y children. Ummm that is not sex you are feeling...

Ah, well, no, then it's definitely a step too far! /s

Speaking on the It’s Giving podcast, he recalled watching the Toy Story spin-off Lightyear, which features a same-sex kiss, with his grandson, who asked him: “Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman.”

I haven't watched Lightyear, but unless there is something missing, I cannot see how the grandson went from two women kissing to them having a baby.

On the face of it, totally made up story.

the US passes transphobic laws on disputed scientific grounds

Nothing is really disputed, no science happening here. The grounds are pure bias dressed as concern for the people that are being actively harmed.

I don't want to loose everything. I'm sure my partner and kids would be fine with it

It sounds like you might be best off talking with your partner about this, don't you think? They sound supportive in general and might not be too surprised to find out how you feel about yourself and your situation. They probably know you better than anyone else and can help you find yourself more precisely.

Also, if your concerns about bigotry center around their safety and that of the kids, maybe involving them might give you more clarity. That's all on the premise that you consider them supportive, of course.

The parents had brought their kid to that school. The school was aware the parents were gay. The child chose that school. The school allowed the child to enroll.

I would say, yeah, this was a curve ball coming from an ultra-conservative parish priest, not anything inevitable.

I bet you are more of a woman than that person will ever be.

I am pretty sure Christian faith and scriptures don't object to rainbow flags, so they must object to what it stands for, the people they do not condemn. Allegedly.