Respect is the underlying issue.

Today, if you walked up to almost anyone and asked them what they thought our country's biggest social issue was, I would guess that they would answer "Gay rights!" (LGBTQ included). I am a Christian and will openly admit that I have my own opinions about the issue, and those opinions include members of the LGBTQ group not being discriminated against. The SOGI act that was repealed yesterday brought some things to my attention. Firstly, I feel that a lot of people who are enraged that it was repealed aren't completely informed as to what the act entirely entails. If you are going to rant and rave about something and especially VOTE ON IT TO PUT LAWS IN PLACE, you need to know exactly what you are voting into action. Over 30,000 people voted, and this video only has 4,000 views.... See following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YHKD9WRUE

Personally, I do not wish to have people come into my home (if I chose to homeschool my children) and teach their version of a non-discrimination lecture to my children. I believe that is MY right as a parent to educate them on such issues. Also, I don't think that the city needs to create a huge budget for investigators to go into businesses and have the right to seize whatever documentation/persons they wish. I DO want members of the LGBTQ group to have their rights, but this ordinance added in other things that were not okay with me. I feel that now the point of all of these ordinances/bills/arguments is to force everyone to be completely accepting of the LGBTQ group's way of life. If we are going to be frank, that will never happen. You simply cannot change a person's morals and core beliefs if they don't want them to be changed. Racism still exists doesn't it? Not that I want it to, but it does. I think that Christians and other religions alike need to be respectful towards LGBTQ, and I also think that LGBTQ needs to be respectful of Christians and their beliefs. It is that simple. It disgusts me to see all of the horrid, hateful arguments/comments when somebody posts that they believe in the sanctity of marriage as it has been defined up until now, and it disgusts me just as much to see parents disowning their children/abusing them because they are homosexual or transgender. I don't want to be worried about posting something on my facebook account that states that I am in favor of the repeal or not in favor of it, because I would receive guff both ways. All in all, I think that respect is our biggest problem. The LGBTQ group and Christians are both pushing so hard to receive respect on their end but are not giving it to each other. Yes, the ordinance was repealed, so that's that. There is no need for nasty facebook statuses and comments on either end. Springfield wanted it repealed, and so it was.