As a Gay Rights activist myself, and as a gay American citizen. I personally believe that members of the LGBTQ Community (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning) should be treated with the same respect as everyone else. I believe that no mater what a person feels for another person, shouldn't affect how they exist in America. Just because someone doesn't exactly fit into someone else's view of "normal" means that they aren't worthy of the same respect and rights as a human being? It makes no sense. A lot of people will say that in the Bible it is an abomination under the eyes of God for man to lay with another man, but yet, does it not say also in the Bible that Thou shalt not cast judgment upon thy neighbors. I'm not trying to bring religion in on the topic because thats the last thing I want to do. This topic of Gay Rights has been avoided forever. I think it's now time for the people of the LGBTQ Community to take a stand and show the world that we are going to fight in what we believe in.
When America declared their independence from England on the fourth of July in 1776, the American colonies showed Britain that they were going to fight for what they wanted, their own lives. Thats what we should do now. Every time I turn on the news or read the paper, there is always some article about how all these people are getting what they want because they are fighting for it. Back when America was segregated into the "colored" and the "white" people fought for their freedom, they fought for what they wanted... Rights. They fought for their right to vote, and to own land, and to ride in the front of the bus.
Rosa Parks
-December 1, 1955. She became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat. This soon lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Which was one of the largest racial discrimination movements in US history. The African-American people fought for what they wanted. Fair, equal, and justified rights in this country, and as American citizens, all people of the LGBTQ Community should be entitled to those rights as well. The right to marry, the right to vote, the right to adopt, the right to work, the right to speak up, and most of all, the right to co-exist with all of the other thousands of American people living in this country today.
This is an example of discrimination. Except it's not racial discrimination we are dealing with now. It's Sexual Orientation discrimination that we are currently dealing with. People are being murdered and brutally killed and beaten to death just because of their sexual preference. Gay men and women cannot co-exist in this world with other people because all everyone wants to do is be a child and point fingers at something that doesn't fit into their perception of "normal". People are dieing out there. People are being fired from their jobs just because they have a partner of the same gender. How many more lives will be lost before we can put an end to all of this? How many more people will be killed just because they want to love, and care for someone of the same sex. We can't control how we feel. We can't make ourselves change our view on life.
For more information on this topic please visit http://www.humanrightscampaign.com/ or http://www.pflag.org/
When America declared their independence from England on the fourth of July in 1776, the American colonies showed Britain that they were going to fight for what they wanted, their own lives. Thats what we should do now. Every time I turn on the news or read the paper, there is always some article about how all these people are getting what they want because they are fighting for it. Back when America was segregated into the "colored" and the "white" people fought for their freedom, they fought for what they wanted... Rights. They fought for their right to vote, and to own land, and to ride in the front of the bus.
Rosa Parks
-December 1, 1955. She became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat. This soon lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Which was one of the largest racial discrimination movements in US history. The African-American people fought for what they wanted. Fair, equal, and justified rights in this country, and as American citizens, all people of the LGBTQ Community should be entitled to those rights as well. The right to marry, the right to vote, the right to adopt, the right to work, the right to speak up, and most of all, the right to co-exist with all of the other thousands of American people living in this country today.
This is an example of discrimination. Except it's not racial discrimination we are dealing with now. It's Sexual Orientation discrimination that we are currently dealing with. People are being murdered and brutally killed and beaten to death just because of their sexual preference. Gay men and women cannot co-exist in this world with other people because all everyone wants to do is be a child and point fingers at something that doesn't fit into their perception of "normal". People are dieing out there. People are being fired from their jobs just because they have a partner of the same gender. How many more lives will be lost before we can put an end to all of this? How many more people will be killed just because they want to love, and care for someone of the same sex. We can't control how we feel. We can't make ourselves change our view on life.
For more information on this topic please visit http://www.humanrightscampaign.com/ or http://www.pflag.org/
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