Depending on what study is cited and what metric qualifies an individual as belonging to the LGBTQ+ demographic, by any measure, the percentage is small, anywhere from .5% to 5-10% of the population. How, then, does such a small numerical group exert such a large influence on American society and culture?

The answer, of course, is that it has nothing to do with “gay” or “trans” or any other marginal group’s civil or human rights. Instead, this is the progressive wing of the Democrat Party using a numerically fringe group as a social cudgel to bludgeon their political opponents into submission by trying to smear them with the stain of intolerance and hatred. The Chuck Schumers, Debbie Dingells, and Gavin Newsoms of the world likely don’t have any special affinity for the LGBTQ+ posse, from a personal standpoint. Let’s make the assumption that like most people, the aforementioned pols probably take a “Live and let live, as long as it doesn’t hurt my family” approach to this matter.

But their political stance is quite a different story.