Suseonline:

"SM, you must surely be joking if you think the US is not an anti-gay country as a whole.
With such a dominant Christian majority in their population, it is surely almost mandatory to hold anti-gay views?"

How then did same-sex marriage ever get legalised or anti-discrimination laws regarding sexuality? Seems that the politicians are not doing what their voters want.

Remember not to reply to me.

Poirot,

The Gun Free Zones are an invitation to nutters as they indicate that there is very little chance of any meaningful resistance or danger.

One of the survivors told of hearing the empty cartridge cases hitting the floor as the murderer fired, then a pause as he changed magazines; anyone who was armed could have taken the gunman out at that stage.
As at the Lyndt cafe one armed person could have made a big difference.

The US has numerous Gun Free Zones, Australia has one.

The left are the only ones capable of seeing men claiming to be muslim, shooting and beheading men, women and children, quoting the Koran and then saying its got nothing to do with Islam. How how they managed to dumb down people to such an extent whether in Canada, Australia, Britian, France, Canada, Holland. And can you believe they call themselves rational. Swallowing a dumbed down narrative for political points is the best they can do. No wonder so many turn to a maverik like Trump.

Poirot,

So you have found a third US pastor that is anti gay, have you found a US Imam that supports gays? I thought not.

SM,

But he's a pal of the Republican's favourite nominee - that doesn't bother you?

I realise that Trump has trumped him, but this is how it is for the religious right in the US - and they are powerful enough to take it into the top job.

Here's a Cruz campaign ad.

It's quite short - and I really hope you watch it. It sums up pretty much to top of the Republican pile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG9V_ePjcX0

Just as Julia Gillard was a great pal of Alan Jones because she appeared with him. By extension she must slavishly follow his views.

I have spent a fair amount of time in the US, and I certainly didn't notice rampant anti gays sympathies. Notably gay marriage has been legislated in many states based on public opinion.