JD Vance was known, at least in the State Department, for grilling nominees with a questionnaire about LGBTQ+ rights, Pride flags, diversity and inclusion, and other so-called “woke” issues,” part of a series of holds he placed on Biden nominees that delayed the confirmation of more than 30 diplomats to senior positions until this April.
“The publics of many of our allies, and those countries we seek to build stronger relationships with, have traditional Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu moral values,” reads one section of the questionnaire, which was obtained by The Washington Post. “If confirmed, how would you explain to them what the United States’ promoting ‘human rights for LGBTQ people’ would look like in their country?”
I can’t tell if you’re sticking up for him or not, but to answer his question: “We don’t need to, because there is only one sect mentioned here that somehow bastardized their own religious texts into thinking ‘gay=bad’, and that’s Southern US Bible thumpers.”
Well that’s simply not true. It’s neither limited to the south nor the US nor Christianity. There are many worse places on earth to be LGBTQ than the US. There are also many better places on earth to be LGBTQ.
I can’t tell if you’re sticking up for him or not, but to answer his question: “We don’t need to, because there is only one sect mentioned here that somehow bastardized their own religious texts into thinking ‘gay=bad’, and that’s Southern US Bible thumpers.”
Well that’s simply not true. It’s neither limited to the south nor the US nor Christianity. There are many worse places on earth to be LGBTQ than the US. There are also many better places on earth to be LGBTQ.
Read his quote. He’s trying to conflate societal norms with religions. They are not mutually exclusive, he’s just up his own ass.