The Christian right has renewed its assault on LGBTQ rights. onesarahjones writes that to them, it's a battle with supernatural stakes
Photo: Erin Schaff/UPI/Shutterstock Midway through the 1990s, Mickey Mouse became an ally of Satan. Disney had failed God-fearing families like my own with its rakish entertainments and its tolerance for LGBTQ people. Pause one scene in The Lion King, my mother once told me, and the dust above Simba spelled out S-E-X. There were Gay Days at Disney World; the company even offered benefits to the partners of gay workers.
I was in front of the Court the moment the Obergefell decision came down. I had long since abandoned evangelicalism for atheism, and with my friends, I hoped the ruling would deal the Christian right a blow. That day on the steps of the Court, I saw a level of joy I’d never witnessed in church. People wept and sang and cheered. For a moment, victory was ours.
Marriage equality is still legal in the United States, but the Christian right has renewed its assault on LGBTQ rights. Disney is once again the enemy, this time for its belated opposition to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The Mouse has sided with the “groomers” of children, conservatives say. The allegation has roots in old smears, which accuse LGBTQ people of pedophiliac inclinations; the Christian right is consistent in its attacks.
With conservatives in control of the Supreme Court, the future of LGBTQ rights in this country looks murky indeed. In truth, Obergefell was always fragile. Though public opinion largely favors the ruling, the court’s 5-4 decision was narrow, and it rested lightly on top of fraught political ground. Millions of people did not change their religious beliefs when gay marriage became legal. To the Christian right, this is a battle with supernatural stakes.
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