Someones job function at work is to perform their job duties. Unless someone works directly in politics, then politics do not belong in the workplace.
There are plenty of other impolite subjects that are inappropriate to discuss at work too.
There are plenty of other impolite subjects that are inappropriate to discuss at work too.
So there are certainly limits in the workplace and there is a line to toe for toleration and polite conversation, but saying "politics do not belong in the workplace" is pretty absurd.
On the other hand, many gay folks are afraid to even mention their partner at all at work, even casually in the what that most people do. In that case, the belief that "gay rights are political" that some folks have are creating a toxic environment.
Note that I said that someone who constantly argue against gay rights is toxic, I have met people like that (not specifically gay, but about immigrants for example) and being around them is not fun.
> On the other hand, many gay folks are afraid to even mention their partner at all at work, even casually in the what that most people do.
In that case it is no longer political and they can complain that people targeted them for being gay.