I think not, “reformedliberal”.
SOME “conservative and religious people have siblings and children who are openly gay and married.” It is nowhere near “many, many”
SOME people “do not care about such things”; most of us DO, and most of us despise homosexuality.
“People with religious objections to...open homosexuality” are NOT in the minority -— numerically, culturally or in any other aspect., for that matter.
Homosexuality is flat-out perversion. You know it, I know it, and the overwhelming majority of Americans know it.
Well, I disagree. Especially people under 45 just do not care at all.
It is the culture. The entire idea of perversion has been turned on _us_. That quote about the “Moral majority will become the despised minority”? This was planned a long time ago.The inculcations of the past 3 generations have taken root.
We believe in the power of tradition. The culture was changed deliberately to change the traditions. Look at football. Same game (sort of), but it has become a bastion of outspoken acceptance of gays, not to mention being PC. Years and years ago, a gay man told me that I would be shocked at how many pro football players were homosexual. I didn’t believe him then and those old guys are now all retired, but just look at the new crop! Many are bi. The ones who are straight have the morals of alley cats and it’s not just excess testosterone.
Privately, many people in their 30s & up think their parents are “aliens”(sic). They may love us, they may show us respect because they love us, but they are not necessarily emulating or preserving our ideals.
I’ve come to believe that very little is innate. Watching the world over the past 50-60 years indicates that just about every aspect of *culture* is learned. Anything learned can be taught. Anything taught can be inculcated. If I could come back in 100 years, I cannot even imagine what the accepted beliefs and behaviors will be. The more outre my imaginings, the more likely I think that will be the new norm.