Trump's Agenda Is a Threat to Protections the LGBTQ Community Has Spent Decades Fighting For
By Frederick Clarkson
Many are called but few are chosen during any presidential transition. That's why it's illuminating to consider who Donald Trump has chosen from the parade of possibilities for his transition team and senior administration appointments so far— and what they may portend for LGBTQ people.
The Christian Right, with few exceptions, backed the Trump ticket, with over 80 percent of White evangelicals voting for him, and now they're being rewarded with traditional forms of political patronage. They're scoring major appointments and have won a say in personnel and policy decisions on a scale far surpassing anything seen since the movement first arrived in Washington with the Reagan administration in 1980.
Since Trump himself has never held the kinds of values or displayed the kind of personal behavior prized by conservative Christians—and barely passes as any kind of a Christian at all—he and his backers needed a theological rationale for the Christian Right's support. They found justification in biblical examples of God-anointed leaders who were ungodly themselves but who nevertheless delivered for God's people. Christian Right leaders presented Trump in this way, it was broadly accepted by their followers, and Trump is now evidently making good on the deal.
Let's look first at two early warnings from which all the rest flows.
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