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How do you make both sides happy, when it comes to religion and politics?

This question was asked and it got me thinking, how do we come to an agreement in this matter? I’ll explain more (I will try to avoid making generalizing statements. If I say “Christians” I mean homophobic Christians who are really against LGBT, not all Christians)

There are two main sides to this:
1) LGBT people want to be able to get married (They can in USA and other places). Most feel that making it illegal for religious reasons is forcing religion onto people that may not even be religious. If I’m not religious or just not of a religion that is against LGBT, why do I have to be restricted by YOUR religious beliefs? It doesn’t personally apply to me.

2) Some Christians are against LGBT because of religion. Some want that belief represented politically, because they are personally bothered by the LGBT crowd.

What I don’t understand is this:

If Christians don’t like the LGBT crowd because they feel they are “pushing” their sexuality onto others, then wouldn’t pushing religion onto others be just as bad?

This is why I think religion and politics should be separate. Not everyone in America is a Christian, so why make laws based on your Christian beliefs?

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