I have a friend who would probably be dead if it wasn&#x27;t for the ACA&#x27;s expansion of dependent health care coverage. I had another friend who might still be alive today if guns had been harder to acquire.<p>The fact that my gay and lesbian friends can get married is important to me, as is the fact that they are protected from workplace discrimination (in my state). As a result, it&#x27;s important to me that gay, lesbian, and trans people in other states don&#x27;t have the same protection.<p>For a cisgender straight white high-SES male to disregard things that don&#x27;t directly affect him isn&#x27;t rational, it&#x27;s solipsistic.