text: I did not talk about what you believed, but what you wrote.  If whites in this country suffered historic and systematic discrimination, then parades celebrating whiteness might be appropriate.  That is not the case, since it is white people who discriminate against those who are not white.  It's true that many have come together to create a whole, but the original 13 states were considered independent states before they came together to form one nation.  States still have rights.  Not recognizing the rights of individuals or groups that form our country, to me, makes little sense.  But, then, I really don't know about which "identity politics" you are talking.  
  You have a right to your view, but I believe that the Catholic Church is completely wrong in its position re gay people.  I think it's a misuse of Scripture to use it against gays.