[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by BBXX

I think people probably have an aspect of LGBT-fatigue. I think most people saw gay marriage as 'the final step' and anything more is "too much". I think the general public underestimate how prevalent homophobia can be so things like flags and pride are see as pointless and 'too much'.

I think religion isn't as much as an issue as we think it is. I think when it comes to things like polls to get a touchpoint on the attitude of the public in this country, most religious people will answer no to questions like "do you agree with homosexuality" or "do you agree with gay marriage", but generally, I don't think the out-and-out homophobic incidences/attacks are at the hands of religious people.

I think they're at the hands of those people who lack education, who are struggling, and angry at society because they feel abandoned. I think they're looking for people to blame and take their frustrations out on and because they probably find gay people a bit gross, that's who they choose.

Honestly, I think if there was a Venn diagram of "people who get into fights at the football", "people who attack gay people" and "people who vote reform", it would almost be a circle.

I think if you were to measure the social grade, income, education level and employment status of those three groups separately you'd see a huge correlation.

And that isn't to say the rich and well-educated aren't homophobic, but I think they portray it in different ways that can do just as much harm to LGBT people as a punch in the face, but just not physically, like through becoming a politician and campaigning to strip away rights, etc... they don't get sent to jail and then marked down as a crime statistic.

Thoughtful post