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I do believe we should go back to the old rule that neither religion nor politics should be discussed in polite company.

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Don't forget sex (sexuality), money and privacy too.

Now you are a bigot if you don't openly endorse and actively support all the various life-choices and decisions people make with their sexuality.

I really don't care about what sexuality or gender you identify as. It's completely irrelevant in working together as a team to build software.

In what instances do you find yourself having to openly endorse or actively support others' decisions in their sexuality to avoid being labelled a bigot? My personal experience, and intuition for most other walks of life, is that simply not commenting on or interfering with others' sexuality is enough for the topic to never come up.

It might not come up on its own. But if you're asked your opinion, and you don't give the currently popular response, you're in trouble.

I find it hypocritical that you're a bigot to people today if you hold the same opinions they did 10 years ago. Were they bigots then? How many of us are horrible bigots for something we think is bad today, but will be just fine in another decade or two?

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