Donald Trump supports the evangelical stance on LGBTQ+ rights

Many white evangelicals see the increased acceptance of the LGBTQ+ and their protection by the law as a danger to the first amendment right to religious freedom and their family values. Trump has heard these fears and worked to assuage them. This can be seen through new regulation providing religious exemptions to companies allowing them to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community on the basis of their gender identity or sexual orientation. This effectively rolled back non-discrimination employment protections implemented by Obama^[1]. Trump has also, against expert military and medical advice, banned transgender individuals from serving in the military. His pick for Vice President, Mike Pence is famously against gay marriage and hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, with Trump in 2017 jokingly stating: ‘Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!’^[2] He has also has rolled back protections of this community by opposing the Equality act despite its high level of support from the American public. Trump has also appointed anti-LGBTQ+ judges to all levels of the judicial system. This is the case with Judge Gorsuch and Judge Kavanaugh, both Trump’s appointees to the Supreme Court. Trump has taken a strong anti-LGBTQ+ stance in his policy proposals and his appointees to offices at all levels of government, and he has been praised extensively by the white evangelical community for these measures.

[P1] Evangelicals feel their religious freedoms are in peril due to the growing support for the LGBTQ+ community. [P2] Trump has rolled back protections for the LGBTQ+ community. [P3] This has assuaged evangelicals' fears.