Yes, Really bad things happen when governments pretend things to be true that aren't true:
Witch hunts pretended that witches are real.
Slavery pretended that black people aren't fully human.
The Holocaust pretended that Jewish people aren't fully human.
Abortion pretends that preborn humans aren't fully human.
And pretending that homosexuality is normal is causing all kinds of problems.
That's a wonderfully succinct way of explaining the demon that sleeps within all government. Now we're witnessing what happens when that demon awakes and starts rampaging through a society.