Trumps stance on gay

Meanwhile, corporations scrambling to comply with anti-DEI orders eliminated or scaled back their partnerships with Pride celebrations around the country after Mr. Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center in February forced WorldPride organizers to regroup because events were either canceled or relocated from the venue.

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Therefore, excluding LGBTQ people from government programs or employment, or subjecting them to discriminatory conditions because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, would violate the Constitution. In addition to rescinding nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, a second Trump administration would permit faith-based, taxpayer-funded contractors that carry out vital federal government programs e.

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If they are successful in these efforts, even strong, state-level nondiscrimination protections could be overridden. However, states can and should lay down clear markers that their own laws and constitutions require protection of transgender people both to provide practical protections at least for a time and to create the opportunity for political organizing and mobilization when and if the Trump administration tries to override those state protections.

Later, in , he told CNN he supported "traditional marriage. The GOP platform removed explicit mentions of same-sex marriage, saying only "Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the foundational role of families, and supports working parents.