I haven’t seen any studies, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re right. However, less religious is not the same as atheist or anti-religion.

There are plenty of folks that identify as LGBTQ as well as their allies that believe in God and may even participate or quasi-participate in organized religion. They will present arguments like, “God made them this way so who am I to hate them?” or, “We are all God’s children,” or what have you.

Anyways, an atheistic society doesn’t guarantee an LGBTQ-friendly society.

We can also see lack of LGBTQ protections in Mainland China which is overwhelmingly atheist.

Opposition to LGBTQ rights in modern Russia started under Stalin who was a supporter of the League of Militant Atheists and an avowed enemy to all religions. Soviet leaders after Stalin continued and in some cases intensified his anti-LGBTQ policies. Modern Russia simply inherited hostility for LGBTQ from pro-atheist USSR.

It’s worth noting the Bolsheviks decriminalized homosexuality prior to Stalin taking power. Point is neither a religious nor atheist society will necessarily be better for LGBTQ rights. It depends on what flavor of religion or atheism is dominating society.

Just about every hospital near me was started by charitable religious folks. Religion has caused a lot of harm, but also tons of good. Let’s not toss the baby out with the bathwater.

Russia is full of atheists and they are also brutal to queer people. Excising religion from the world isn’t going to solve that.

I’d imagine it’s kinda like a less sweet coke float

You know, this might actually taste good…

The moment there’s a financial incentive to post/comment, Lemmy will be flooded by bots using AI to make witty quips.

Red and green are hard to distinguish by many color blind people.

I feel this is just painting a target on self driving cars for luddites.

If the autopilot without turquoise lights does something dumb, the driver is just another idiot, oh well. If the autopilot with turquoise lights does something dumb, all self driving cars are the devil.

Someone put this on tiktok

It’s a fair argument, but at this point, I suspect China would push back given their relationship with India isn’t the best. The major powers also probably don’t want to destabilize South Asia seeing as India’s rival has nukes and would feel extremely threatened. Idk I may be wrong.

I didn’t know India was offered! After some reading (skimming) the US offer in 1950 was to replace China, but Nehru didn’t want to stir up controversy. The Soviet offer in 1955 might not have made any headway, but I’m not sure why that’s the case.

If the UN isn’t reformed, there’s nothing stopping these rising states from starting their own UN

Heroin chic is the technical term, I believe 😖

Excarnation. Had to look that one up.

miscarriage of justice

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Stock market ≠ the economy

“Like in other ‘Arabized’ Arab nations, the Arab identity of Palestinians, largely based on linguistic and cultural affiliation, is independent of the existence of any actual Arabian origins.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians

Please realize there are lots of Palestinian Christians. They identify as Palestinians.

TL;DR Palestinian lineage doesn’t come from Saudi Arabia.