To the Editor:
As a lawyer, I am horrified about whether Donald Trump and Mike Pence will make good on their promise to oppose vital laws protecting access to health care, fighting climate change, honoring treaties and ensuring gun control.
As the father of a mixed-raced daughter, I am scared about whether their hateful words about women and minorities will be reflected in their policies.
But I am mostly scared as a gay man. The Republican Party platform doesn’t include anti-gay policies only to motivate the party’s base. It includes them because most (not all) of its members intend to pursue those policies at the federal, state and local level.
I realize that eliminating equal protection of gay families was not the issue motivating most people to vote for Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence. But that is no comfort to the millions of diverse families in the United States today who find their equality once again at risk.
CHRISTOPHER RIZZO
New York
Note from KBJ: What in the world is this man talking about? Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.
