- Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:46 pm
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For gay people, there's an extra complication because they've probably formed some sort of worldview before they identify as gay — ie, before they've suffered prejudice on this count. It's also worth noting that one of the most common ways of coping with prejudice — developing a thick skin, getting on with your life — is quite in keeping with conservative ideology. Moreover, gay subculture is much more materialist and individualist than ever before; the emphasis is now on identity rather than politics.
I find gay christians easier to understand — being in the closet, coming out, and being part of a minority can all be lonely experiences, and faith can be valuable as a guide and support. University churches, in particular, are likely to have LGBT communities, where young gay people find a safe space to practise their faith and discuss their sexuality openly.
There are all sorts of problems with that, though. We see all the time on here how Mail readers — often from the aspirational working classes or the lower middles, and especially women — fail to identify a) their own long-term interests as a group, or b) the true source of the obstacles that impede them from achieving what they desire and deserve.Abernathy wrote:I dare say one imagines that in the light of experience of prejudice against them as members of a minority group, it might be reasonable for any gay person of a certain level of IQ to harbour a certain solidarity with other minority groups (as well as their own) suffering prejudice - quite often at the hands of the Tory party - that would logically preclude them embracing Tory ideology.
For gay people, there's an extra complication because they've probably formed some sort of worldview before they identify as gay — ie, before they've suffered prejudice on this count. It's also worth noting that one of the most common ways of coping with prejudice — developing a thick skin, getting on with your life — is quite in keeping with conservative ideology. Moreover, gay subculture is much more materialist and individualist than ever before; the emphasis is now on identity rather than politics.
I find gay christians easier to understand — being in the closet, coming out, and being part of a minority can all be lonely experiences, and faith can be valuable as a guide and support. University churches, in particular, are likely to have LGBT communities, where young gay people find a safe space to practise their faith and discuss their sexuality openly.