I don't think there is much evidence for that. President Obama publicly stated his opposition to same sex marriage when he was running for president in 2008. The only reason it ended up being legalized nationwide was because of a supreme court case brought by a bunch of LGBT Republicans.
On that issue Trump has said, "The Supreme Court has issued an opinion on this. Same-sex marriage is an issue that should have been decided by the states." In other words he probably thinks same sex marriage is fine but didn't want to say so because he knows it's a polarizing issue. That's a more progressive position than _Obama_ took in 08.
There's plenty of evidence Pence will be an issue, though.
http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious...
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/mike-pence-record-reproductiv...
> Kasich told CNN's Jake Tapper that he didn't receive a call himself. But he said one of his aides confirmed to him a New York Times report last month saying Donald Trump Jr. tried to entice Kasich with a position as the most powerful vice president in history -- putting him in charge of all domestic and foreign policy -- was accurate.
Not to mention he (Pence) has stated Dick Chaney was his role model for being a Vice President.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-same-sex-...
Even if he got the opportunity to appoint a judge to replace one of the democratic appointments it would be very unlikely that the same sex marriage decision would ever be over turned. Roe v. Wade wasn't over turned despite the supreme court having a majority of Republican appointees for a long period between the original decision and present day.
Is Trump indifferent to LGBT issues? probably. But I just don't see much factual basis for the hysteria surrounding his election. If you believe the news, people are acting like he is going to round them up and put them in concentration camps or something. It just isn't reality.
1. Wealth (that is, lack of)
2. Education
3. Race
4. Gender
5. Other stuff (appearance, sexual identity, etc)
What they say and what they feel may not be the same thing.
Why do you think Trump's particularly anti-gay? Here he is waiving around a rainbow flag (in a positive sense) at a rally just a couple of weeks ago: http://www.advocate.com/2016/10/31/donald-trump-waves-lgbt-r...
Trump has been advocate for gays from the 80's and supporting lgbt has been big part of his campaign.
I personally don't like/understand religion, but spreading FUD is something totally different. Most of the religious wars seem to have happened because of people spreading fear, don't you think?
It doesn't even have to be lack of empathy, it's just an complete lack of the experiences that people have in life who have to worry about paychecks, monthly bills, mortgage, insurance and education for the family, healthcare expenditures, etc. And no, no theoretical knowledge or education can replace actual experience, knowing the physics of how bikes work is not the same as knowing how to ride a bike.
People like Trump and Thiel are ignorants not in the pejorative but in the literal sense of the word.
At this point, I would rather to not see anything else about Trump on HN until something actually happens. But here I am, sucked in to comment...
No it didn't, and they didn't.
Of Brigade's verified voters, 40 percent of registered Democrats pledged to vote for Trump.
I guess we can argue about wording or say the data is wrong, but this is what NPR said this morning.
Brigade is a billionaire's vanity project. It's userbase isn't representative of anything, and it's not a 'poll'.
Try listening to what he said at the convention. He has weighted America's future far more heavily than which bathroom people can use. At the same time, he was the first openly gay person to speak at the RNC. He's helping to roll the Republican party forward socially.