{"id":506046,"date":"2018-11-28T03:50:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T03:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/robert-destro\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","slug":"robert-destro","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/robert-destro\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Destro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014<\/span>Appeared<\/a> on a \u201creligious freedom\u201d panel for the anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Insisted<\/a> that marriage limited to a man and woman is the \u201cvery institution on which the entire natural, legal and social order depends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Deliberately misgenders<\/a> Caitlyn Jenner: \u201cConsider the Bruce (Caitlyn) [sic] Jenner case. Legally, your \u2018name\u2019 is \u2018what you call yourself,\u2019 so Jenner certainly had the legal right to change his name from Bruce to Caitlyn and to ask the state and his fellow citizens to respect that choice.  But that\u2019s not what the debate was about. People change their names every day. Jenner also has the right, as a human person, to demand that the state provide him \u2018equal protection of the laws\u2019 and that his fellow citizens respect his rights to life, liberty and property. But what about his right to define his own \u2018identity\u2019? Does Jenner have the right to demand that those who comment on his case use the pronoun \u2018she,\u2019 or to affirm the proposition that his choice to present himself as a woman requires others to accept and affirm publicly that he is one? If so, it will not be enough for those who have contrary views simply to keep quiet. These are the free speech and religious freedom battles of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Serves<\/a> on the Board of Advisors of Bill Donohue\u2019s anti-LGBTQ Catholic League.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Was board member<\/a> of the anti-equality Marriage Law Foundation, alongside notorious anti-LGBTQ activist Maggie Gallagher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":506047,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138632,138637],"class_list":{"0":"post-506046","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-politics","10":"hashtag-religion"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t