Same Sex Rights Are Civil Rights
Same sex marriage an issue that is evolving today. America which used to be a strictly gay free country to now having seventeen states where gay marriage is legal. we are almost at a half and half situation being a powerful nation I think we should come to an agreement instead of having the nation divided. People have despised gay marriage due to religious views. Gay rights activist believe if there aloud freedom of religion then they should be aloud to love who they please. Another reason protester of gays are against it, is due to what it can evolve to.They believe that if we allow gay marriage then we will soon allow giving people in polygamous, incestuous, bestial, and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry. This issue is very controversial, I personally am undecided on thought of gay marriages or any gay rights. I don't understand how two men could teach a girl some things that they will never experience, when it comes to the morals of a lady I don't believe those things are teachable coming from a man. I question the after effect no matter how much states decided to legalize it some of our population will always be against it how will someone that is for it be able to have a respectful relationship with someone who isn't. The way I feel our society portrays gay people in a whole is as if there not a human. Athletes within the NBA and NFL are coming out as gays and we portray it as this huge announcement that can change everything as we know it today. I believe being gay is someone personal business that we simply have to respect at the end of the day. Gay rights are civil rights and these people do deserve to care for who they want, but the way gays go about it cant be forced just like women, and African American rights it takes time to move forward from discrimination.
So how do you think the government as a whole to pass these gay marriage laws? I get where you're coming from on your opinion but as you said earlier you want the nation to come to an agreement. If you could come up with a process on how to do that, how would you?
ReplyDeleteI hate to contradict one of your earliest points, but America has never been "gay" free. There have always been gay Americans (as there were gay British subjects)--the issue was one of being hidden because of Draconian laws--not that they never existed.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your discussion about gay rights being part of civil rights--and I totally agree with you. Isn't it surprising that athletes are now feeling safe enough to come out--I wonder what the NBA and NFL especially will be like in 10 years. Will this all be similar to different types of integration in America (women in more diverse workplace, interracial couples, etc.) over the last few decades? What will an America that treats people who are LGBTQ look like? And why is there so much resistance?
One thing that I Noticed once I moved further south was how different things were in relations to equality. I agree, the way that gay people are portrayed is quite disrespectful and something should be done about it. there are people in the LGBT community who are married and have children and are living completely normal lives and that makes a lot of people very angry. why is that? I don't know if you have seen the article of a couple getting a lot of criticism for posting a picture on instagram of him getting his daughter's hair ready for school. it was completely normal and yet people had a problem with it. I think that is sad and quite disrespectful. I think people so be able to live normal lives whether they're gay or straight.
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