To fight the enemy, you have to know the enemy. And make no mistake, these people are the enemy.
This is pure tribalism. It is a response to people feeling denigrated because their way of thinking is no longer mainstream and the LGBTQ community is being more and more accepted by civilized societies.
Is this a USA-wide phenomenon or restricted to certain states?
From what I read it seems to be in the South mostly, but it's bound to spread... sadly.
@Paul4747 uhhhhh! Them good ole boys eh!
Until Trump we were doing a pretty good job of limiting these despicable beliefs to the south. But now hate is free to spread again.