Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) tweets about "Pride Month."
Today, we kick off Pride Month. 🏳️🌈
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 1, 2025
This Pride, we know that LGBTQ+ rights are under attack, and we’ll never stop fighting for LGBTQ+ Americans.
Even intimating (or in this case, tweeting around the letter salad bush) that we must accept certain ideologies is wrong. The Senate Democratic Leader is one of the most prominent U.S. lawmakers, and his signaling to many people, perhaps some impressionable, that certain behaviors are all right is dangerous. This type of tweet is not helpful for many parents across this country.
There is a faction of people who force their thinking on the rest of society by giving a tacit warning that there will be economic and societal consequences for non-conformity. Regardless, what they do has the power to ruin many things for many other people. They are allowed, as evidenced by such a tweet, to pervade a "burn it all down" mentality. Their disregard of God's created order and design is wrong. Even embracing the word "pride" is wrong. Their refusal to love their neighbor is wrong. And their abuse of freedom and harassment of other Americans is wrong.
A shrug of the shoulders avoids the problem. Suppressing concern until the enemy stands on the doorstep strategically fails. Wilful ignorance burdens others. Half-hearted, thoughtless tantrums suck energy. Rambling and obnoxious rhetoric fracture communication. Waiting until an opportune time bypasses opportune time. Truth is powerful. It pierces deeply.
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