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Mary Sanchez: Yes, in many states, people can still be fired for being gay

Religious conservatives are clearly confused and agitated. After all, they gave it their best effort, endlessly admonishing about“ Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” They were insistent that love is only love when it occurs between a man and a woman. The nation protects gay marriage and has an openly gay Cabinet member, but Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg...

Religious conservatives are clearly confused and agitated.

After all, they gave it their best effort, endlessly admonishing about “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” They were insistent that love is only love when it occurs between a man and a woman.

But despite decades of political campaigns, pulpit pounding and other fervent attempts to portray gays and lesbians as less deserving of God’s love, less deserving of societal recognition and certainly unfit for marriage, those battles have largely been lost. Thank God.

Now, they’re circling back

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