When Scott uses his position of power as a Senator to regulate my private life, and my private healthcare, and to favor his own personal religious beliefs when crafting federal government policies for our large, diverse population - in effect micro-managing every American’s family life, marriage and education options, and he is also vyin…
When Scott uses his position of power as a Senator to regulate my private life, and my private healthcare, and to favor his own personal religious beliefs when crafting federal government policies for our large, diverse population - in effect micro-managing every American’s family life, marriage and education options, and he is also vying to sit in the highest position of power in government and the world, that’s when his private life becomes an issue of legitimate public interest to me. Normally, when someone is a private citizen, I think these things are no one’s business unless people want to share them. Secrets and power are not a good combination.
His private life is only relevant to me if he’s exercising his right to love who he wants to love- which I wholly support- while publicly condemning the LGBTQ community, or voting against LGBTQ-friendly legislation. So, basically, I don’t care if he’s gay; I care if he’s a hypocrite. Repubs, however, care if he’s gay. It’s an important distinction.
I also do not care whether or not anyone is gay or trans or any other thing out there. I want us all to be well-loved, and free to live honestly and openly. Many Republicans use Christianity as a justification to limit the rights of other people, and Tim Scott is one of them - most recently in terms of reproductive and medical privacy rights for pregnant people. Anyone who lives in the White House brings their family, so he is in a difficult position if he is gay, and wants to rise in power while keeping such a fundamental part of his life a secret from the significant portion of Republican voters who are bigoted, or who believe any sexual expression different from their own is a “sin” and therefore wouldn’t vote for him.
When Scott uses his position of power as a Senator to regulate my private life, and my private healthcare, and to favor his own personal religious beliefs when crafting federal government policies for our large, diverse population - in effect micro-managing every American’s family life, marriage and education options, and he is also vying to sit in the highest position of power in government and the world, that’s when his private life becomes an issue of legitimate public interest to me. Normally, when someone is a private citizen, I think these things are no one’s business unless people want to share them. Secrets and power are not a good combination.
His private life is only relevant to me if he’s exercising his right to love who he wants to love- which I wholly support- while publicly condemning the LGBTQ community, or voting against LGBTQ-friendly legislation. So, basically, I don’t care if he’s gay; I care if he’s a hypocrite. Repubs, however, care if he’s gay. It’s an important distinction.
I also do not care whether or not anyone is gay or trans or any other thing out there. I want us all to be well-loved, and free to live honestly and openly. Many Republicans use Christianity as a justification to limit the rights of other people, and Tim Scott is one of them - most recently in terms of reproductive and medical privacy rights for pregnant people. Anyone who lives in the White House brings their family, so he is in a difficult position if he is gay, and wants to rise in power while keeping such a fundamental part of his life a secret from the significant portion of Republican voters who are bigoted, or who believe any sexual expression different from their own is a “sin” and therefore wouldn’t vote for him.