(April 13, 2016 at 11:58 am)Drich Wrote:(April 13, 2016 at 11:33 am)Crossless1 Wrote: Yes, seriously. I know what 'dictate' means. I also understand the difference between "LGBT policies circumventing laws people in certain states want to put in place" and those same states walking back their policies in the face of corporate disapproval and possible loss of revenue. Yesterday, you were aware of this same distinction. How did you forget that quickly?
then if the LGBT community did not have anything to say about the laws the people in those states wanted to enact, then why were they walked back?
Who the hell said that the LGBT community had nothing to say concerning those laws? Obviously, they had strong opinions and many no doubt voiced them. But that wasn't decisive. They were walked back due to certain corporations (who happened to agree with the LGBT community on this issue) also having strong opinions and the wherewithal to hit the state in the pocketbook. Stop being disingenuous about this. We had this very conversation yesterday.