Steve- I was there when Florida spoke at WSU- and also about 5 years ago when he spoke at Sinclair.
All the muckity-mucks were at the first one- but didn’t get it.
The tolerance isn’t just to gays- it’s to new ideas, new leaders, new thinking- as you point out.
Enlightened leaders understand that you have to give power to have true power- and in Dayton, we are sadly lacking in the enlightened leadership category.