When you take away abortion and LGBT+ rights you weaken society

I could easily have started this piece by quoting Mick Lynch, the tour de force through our media over the last few days. He exemplifies all I’m about to say (see the end of this piece).

However, I feel there is a truth in fiction and culture that speaks to us in a voice we can feel before we can comprehend its truth.

The strawman of the bigots; reducing rights to strengthen communities is a backwards idea