Tell that to Matthew Shepard. Or the countless others who have been murdered or brutalized in this country over the years. And then of course, there's that epitome of Western culture and enlightment - Germany, 1936-45, with strict immigration controls, who in the 'clash of civilizations' vowed to be a bulwark against the expansion of the Asiatic hoardes and whose tolerance of LGBT citizens and other minorities provided such a shining example to the rest of the world.

With a Lutheran majority.