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I know a woman who is a ultra conservative Republican Mormon Christian. I hired her to work as a sales person twice. The first time I was in the closet, so she got to know me without her not knowing I was gay, she even met my partner, "best friend" without questions. I was transferred to another store and we lost contact.
Then about 10 years later she was shopping in the store I was currently working, we started talking, she was a good employee in the past so I offered her a job. By this time I am out but that didn't come up in the conversation. After she was working for me a few months someone told her I was gay but since she had known me for so long it didn't bother her.
We did have several other gay employees who she didn't like and made no effort to hide they all but totally discussed her.
On my leaving that store I asked her why she had no problem with my being gay but the others she did. She looked at me and said "Well, I knew you before I knew you were gay."
It was all based on first impressions. She had a preconceived idea as to what a gay person is and what they are like. I proved her wrong.
My point is bigotry is based on ignorance.
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