Engaging The Other Side on LGBTQ Rights

Majority 54

Politics, Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This is a show all about reaching across the aisle and engaging with people that you might think could never change their mind. So, it's a real pleasure to talk to someone who has flipped a seemingly impossible stance in a public figure. I absolutely want to ask them about how they pulled it off, and what we can learn from that and/or emulate in our own battles. Remember a few years ago when the owner of Chick-fil-A made some anti-gay remarks and it lead to a national boycott of the fast food chain? Well, did you ever wonder why you stopped hearing about that guy? CEO Dan Cathy experienced a personal shift in beliefs, and it wasn’t just about losing money. It was about a friendship he made with LGBTQ activist Shane Windmeyer. Here is my conversation with Shane Windmeyer about changing a mind by making a friend. While you're here, check out our new line of t-shirts from the Crooked Media Store athttps://store.crooked.com/collections/majority-54 Important links: @campuspride @Majority54 @JasonKander hellomajority54@gmail.com Produced by Brock Wilbur Ads: SunBasket.com/54 Blinkist.com/Majority54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Candor and this is majority 54.
0:05.2	My hand is nearly worn out from the customized inscriptions that I've been sending out to
0:09.8	folks who pre-bought outside the wire.
0:12.3	And I have a feeling it's about to get tougher on me because not only are the requests still
0:16.3	rolling in, but we're that much closer to the book being released.
0:19.6	The big day is Tuesday, August 7th, and this week, if you pre-order, we'll email you
0:24.6	the introduction and the first chapter.
0:27.0	I can't believe my publisher oked this, but basically you'll get a piece of the book
0:31.7	and a pretty sizable piece.
0:33.5	It's the first 47 pages.
0:35.6	So if you want to read part of outside the wire before anybody else, go to JasonCandorbook.com.
0:40.9	Alright, let's get to today's show.
0:43.4	This is maybe the most on-brand episode of the show that we've ever done.
0:47.5	I'm always telling you that if you want to bring people around to your opinion, you have
0:51.4	to take them on your journey with you.
0:54.0	That is exactly the story you're going to hear today from Shane Windmire.
0:57.8	Shane came up in small town, Kansas, and he found a way to get political and stay political
1:03.3	from a very young age.
1:05.3	He was out in the streets fighting for gay rights long before he ever came out of the
1:09.4	closet himself.
1:11.1	From there, he's had an extensive career, spreading open-mindedness everywhere that he goes.
1:16.7	You remember a few years ago when the owner of Chick-fil-A, this guy Dan Cathy, made some
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