Discrimination And Oppression Of Gays In The World Today

It was not until the twelfth century that homosexuality started to be condemned. This condemnation proved to live through then until now. Due to the fact that America incorporated these early views into its early laws, even the most bland of today's sex acts were seen as unlawful (“Homosexuality and Mental Health”). Since then, these laws have changed, however, there is still a primarily negative connotation on homosexuals when coming from a church or legal standpoint concerning the masses of America.

This book Pray the Gay Away by Bernadetta C. Barton discusses about certain areas in the United States called Bible Belts were they have made absolutely no progress in securing rights for gay people. They lag behind the rest of nation were people are accepting homosexuality (Pray the Gay Away 15). Barton argues that in small towns were Christian institutions serve as a foundation for both passive and active homophobia in these areas (Pray the Gay Away 19). This article is related to the play because the two dominant religions discussed in the play was Judaism and Mormonism and both religions strongly oppose homosexuality and this lead to homophobic attitudes and themes within the play.

LGBT rights in religion haven't been the best, multiple Christians and catholic are against the idea of gay marriage. It is deemed in the Christian/Catholic church that if an LGBT person commits any type of gay or lesbian act, they are committing a sin. Even though that there are millions of churches that don’t approve of these acts, there are some churches that embrace LGBT rights thanks to advocacy groups. The religions that mostly accept LGBT people are Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, and Catholic/Christians. While the religious groups that don’t fully support LGBT people are Evangelicals, Mormons, and Jehovah’s

It is a common misconception that these views are outdated, and had been proposed many years ago. In fact, recently, 223 prominent leaders in the Orthodox Jewish community signed what is referred to as the Torah Declaration . This released statement from significant representatives of the institutional faith reinforces Orthodox Judaism's stance on homosexuality. The Torah Declaration proposes that the phrase homophobia is just a term to persuade those who do not believe that same sex attraction is a valid lifestyle to feel guilt just for believing in the holy messages in the Torah. This document discusses that Orthodox Jews do not believe that those who suffer from same sex attraction are any less of being made in the image of G-d, but that their actions can be and must be changed. It further states that Orthodox Jews will accept those who undergo the process of conversion therapy and most importantly teshuvah, or the process of repentance, back into the

According to an opinion widely held, homosexuality is said to be freer today than ever before. It is present and visible everywhere: in the street, in the newspapers, on television, at the movies. It is even supposedly completely accepted, judging by the recent legislative advances made in many countries for the recognition of same sex couples. Certainly, some work remains necessary in order to eradicate the last vestiges of discrimination. But with changing public opinion, it will only be, according to some people, a matter of time, the time needed for a movement begun many decades earlier to achieve its goals.

I learned that gay oppression stems from capitalistic ideas and nature. When the industrial revolution came around in the early 19th century it brought with it the traditional ideals of family that we know today (Carlin, 2007). Capitalists didn’t like the ideal of homosexuality because it defeated the purpose of sex only being for reproduction (Carlin, 2007). They thought that gays were getting in the way of producing the next generation of workers (Carlin, 2007). They quickly deemed them unnatural in the eyes of the Christian church and society (Carlin, 2007). Gays were routinely harassed and physically assaulted by police (Carlin, 2007). Capitalists tried to justify this oppression by saying that homosexuality was blatantly abnormal and unacceptable

LGBT people have been oppressed and discriminated against for hundreds of years, and still are today. During the AIDS crisis, and average of 1 out of every 6 LGBT men were diagnosed with AIDS (“How”). But before I get too far ahead of myself, let us start from the beginning. Homosexuals have been oppressed for as far back as biblical times. Leviticus 20:13 states “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.’”. Though there is speculation over whether this verse refers to pedophilia or not, it still was a cause for a massive amount of homophobia. (“History”). As a result of homophobia, AIDS research was heavily underfunded. AIDS was thought of as a sort of punishment for LGBT men’s “sinful acts”. Ryan White, a teen at the time, was expelled from school for having AIDS (“History”). AIDS patients were

Many religious beliefs do not encourage homosexuality in fact it is severely discouraged for example in the Islamic faith they do not allow this because there is no doubt that in Islam homosexuality is considered 'sinful'. Homosexuality as far as Islam is concerned is a profound mistake (as are

There has been no mention in the Bible that says anything about gays, and let's talk about the fact that Christians, Catholics, Buddhist, etc are told from scripture that they are not to judge thy neighbor. I don’t mean to get extremely political when it comes to religion but instead of letting it divide us we should unite and focus on problems within humanity. People say that unity and peace are virtually impossible when that’s simply not the truth. In truth, we could have peace if people got together, accepted differences and stop being huge jerks to each

Although DeBernardo admits that the church still opposes same-sex marriage, he believes the pope's effort to integrate gay people into the church more fully is an important first step in repairing the historically tense relations between the Catholic Church and the gay community.” The quote DeBernardo used is from Pope Francis, one of the most iconic leaders of Catholicism, leads his people to acceptance of the LGBTQ+ for her understands what differences they bring to the churches. Regardless, people are making effort to welcome non cis/heterosexaul people into their lives and churches. Even strict religions are becoming more aware of the fact that humans are being denied basic rights and the ability to live their lives, knowing this they are conforming to support the gay

The most prominent argument against homosexuality by far is that it is not God’s wishing or God condemns homosexuals. From the scriptures we can see why people may take this approach. "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable" (Leviticus 18:22) and "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads" (Leviticus 20:13) are just two common examples of The Holy Book denouncing homosexual behaviour. From this we can clearly see that historic opinion disapproves of gay and lesbians.

discriminate against gay people, but against any people who’s lifestyles they disagree with. This view sees the idea of “religious freedom” as an excuse to have bigoted attitudes towards certain individuals. These laws are often compared to pre-civil rights movements laws, meaning they separate people based on differences. Gene

It seems like there has been some kind of renewal in the Catholic Church ever since Argentina’s Bishop, Father Francis became the new Pope. This is especially evident with the Church’s stance on homosexuality. Although there has not been any major changes between Pope Francis’s stance on homosexuality and Pope Benedict XVI’s, the press has defined the former as the “good” Pope and the latter as the “bad” one. Therefore, many of the world’s approximately one billion Catholics think that Pope Francis is insane for taking such a liberal stance in the Church and opening the Catholic community to these supposed sinners. Ever since its conception, the Catholic Church has taken a bellicose stance against gays. They

The Christian community has ostracized and even persecuted individuals simply due to their sexual orientation. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are punished because many people, especially Christians, believe that they are doing something wrong, but is it?

There are several religions which condemns the notion of homosexuality. Growing up in a Christian household I was taught that being homosexual is a sin in the sight of God. For example, in Jamaica my family practiced Pentecostal religion where they are very passionate about their traditions. There were unspoken beliefs that homosexuals were to be punished for their sexual practices. This belief followed me to the United States. Even though we went to a Baptist Church, the teachings were the same. I held on to this religious belief for many years and lived my life in a way that was conducive to my religion.