License to Discriminate: LGBTQ Rights, Religious Exemption, and the Misreading of the Bible

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Here at the end of Pride, I want to discuss the long, bigoted history and false scriptural basis of religious opposition to LGBTQ rights, and the effort of the religious right to seek an exemption to anti-discrimination laws so that they can persecute gay and trans people. UPDATE: since the production of this episode, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of religious objection to LGBTQ+ books in the case Mahmoud v. Taylor. I encourage you to visit ⁠5calls.org⁠ and find their page to help you ⁠Oppose Efforts to Dehumanize Transgender and LGBTQ+ People⁠. And attend a demonstration to make your voice heard. Visit ⁠https://www.mobilize.us/⁠ to find an event near you! Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/Blindness⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.historicalblindness.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Black Ballots," "Lacaille," "The Gran Dias," "Leatherbound," "Tarte Tatin," "Illa Villardo," "Voyager," and "Game Lands." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.8	It has happened.
0:53.4	Trump's masked stormtroopers ramped up their unwarranted immigration raids in my home
0:59.8	state of California, setting off mass peaceful protests that the president dispatched military troops
1:07.2	over the protests of our governor to intimidate and quell. Everything I've warned about
1:13.5	with Trump is coming to pass, and right here in my own backyard. And at the same time, it seems
1:20.5	that curriculum controversies, another front in the rights, war on truth and social justice,
1:27.3	have also now reached my local area, here in the rights, war on truth and social justice have also now reached my local area,
1:30.2	here in the progressive bastion of the left coast. I was recently present at a local school
1:36.3	board meeting at which dozens of individuals ganged up to protest the implementation of a fifth grade
1:42.2	puberty and hygiene curriculum that introduces some sex education in the form of a fifth grade puberty and hygiene curriculum that introduces some sex education in the form of anatomy and concepts related to identities.
1:52.0	The protesters are claiming it sexualizes youth and puts them at risk of grooming when the curriculum very clearly focuses on teaching about consent
2:03.6	and educating them about inappropriate touch.
2:06.6	Those objecting to the curriculum, which is widely used in other school districts, across the state
2:12.6	and aligns with all state and national health education standards are relying on misinformation in
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