Why Are Gay Rights Important?

When it comes to the gay rights movement, the structure and the history of how it got to where it is today is a huge factor in today’s society. There have been a lot of things that negatively influenced gay rights. In some ways, things have happened in a positive way as well. The gay rights movement today and legalizing gay marriage has struck some people the wrong way because of their beliefs. For the gay community, though, it has been a very positive thing. Some of the big key moments in history went the way they did because of important events and important people causing it to go that way. These include Jeremy Bentham, Magnus Hirschfield, Henry Gerber, the making of the Mattachine Society, Stonewall Riots, Clela Rorex, the Ryan White

To contravene God and the bible must be the incipient trend since homosexuals celebrate it and feel that is it ok to get espoused under God. Marriage is a sacred commitment between man and woman and the legalization of gay espousement threatens the Americans religious rights. This topic matters because Christians feel as if getting married under God is an act of dishonor and that it is irrelevant. Marriage should stay between a man and woman because that is verbalized in the bible, children are more likely to live a normal life, and religious beliefs are not being ignored.

Gay Rights--civil and social rights given to homosexuals in comparison to heterosexuals--is a topic that has been roaring, especially in the conservative state of Mississippi. Because this is such a controversial issue, citizens have a different viewpoints that are deemed “the right way.” Citizens’ viewpoints have grown stronger with the recent passing of Governor Phil Bryant’s initiative “1523.” The legislative measure claims, it is a person’s religious freedom to hire or sell to gay citizens. It is ironic that the measure upholds one person’s freedom but denies another. Since the constitution, America has claimed to be built upon the blessing of liberty for all. However, minorities groups: women, African Americans, immigrants have had to fight to be a part of this liberty. Mississippi’s bill, 1523, dishonors what the constitution upholds. No

“I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that 's not what America 's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don 't contract them,” President Barack Obama says. Soon later, on July 26, 2015 President Barack Obama declares that same-sex marriage will be allowed in all states of America. The United States Supreme Court ruled that the denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples and the refusal to recognize same-sex marriages being performed is no longer allowed in the US. After the announcement, the country went lunatic.

Gay rights are a civil rights issue although unrecognized on a par with women or Africans. As the definition of civil rights states “those positive rights, whether political, social or economic, conferred by the government on individuals or groups that had previously been denied them” (Yalof, 108). Homosexuals have been discriminated against historically, by both religious and political groups. There have been cases where they have been discriminated at work, clergy, and the military.

The struggle for gay rights is an ongoing political debate and has often been described as the next big step forward in human rights. In many countries gay rights groups openly protest primarily for the right to marry as heterosexual couples do. Do you believe that in America people persecute homosexuals?

In the modern era, people of the United States of America have increasingly become more tolerant and accepting of differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. However, the new liberal mindset of people regarding characteristics such as race and sexual orientation would not be possible without the relentless protesters and dedicated activists who fought hard to make their views heard through a movement that would greatly impact and shape the future of this country. The gay rights movement which started in the late 1960’s aimed at achieving human rights for homosexuals; the phenomenal empowering poems and widely acclaimed literary works of Audre Lorde significantly promoted gay rights and provided a unique point of view of the life of a homosexual.

As a gay male I have an insight to this fight and the a connection to a community that has been oppressed, looked down on, fought prejudice and hate crimes and continues to fight ignorance and injustice on a daily basis. Children that are gay continue to go through the same shame and anguish that GLBT youth have gone through in the past. They are bullied and beaten by their classmates, neighbors and even their own families.

John and Stuart, gay couple who have been involved in marriage equality movement for 12 years. John explained what he is doing to achieve that right. The first gay right law was passed in Michigan state, where the state tried on a city level government to see if gay rights laws works or not before they pass it to the whole state or even the federal government. Then the law passed through small liberal cities. In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court passed a law saying that a state cannot put a gay person in jail just because they had a sexual relationship. On February 12, 2004, Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco at that time, said he don’t want to discriminate any same-sex couples anymore because the constitution says we should not discriminate.

The news has recently said that a few gay activists showed their celebration of their victory on their rights for gay marriage by waving an American flag. The only issue is that the American flag was altered to their liking. They decided the good old stars and stripes was no longer good enough for them so they decided to have rainbowed stripes put on top of our flag. I understand that they have rights to celebrate or marry or whatever but they should not go unpunished for making a mockery of the flag that we have U.S soldiers constantly dying to represent. They thought it would be better if it had “a little more color” says an activist in an interview. They are trying to get the flag legally changed so people

Freedom- The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. In America we are all free, but not exactly because some are born into a harder life of less freedom. While some people say that others can't be born gay, it is not that way because of hatred, wants, and what you're taught.

The struggle between Edward and Bella in the “Twilight Saga” can be closely related to the struggle of gay right’s in today’s society. During the whole entire saga Edward and Bella have to fight to keep their relationship with one another. This is similar to what the LGBT community has been doing for many years now. In the “Twilight Saga” some of the characters do not believe that Edward and Bella should be with one another because he is a vampire and she is a human. Similarly in today’s society some people do not believe that people of the same-sex should be in a relationship or marry one another. The biggest factor that plays into why people believe and think this way is because of the unknown factor of it all, they have it very

Is the right to refuse service to LGBT individuals an actual case of violating a person 's religious rights or is it really a case of blatant discrimination? This may seem like a complicated question that has many unable to answer but in reality, it is actually quite simple. The refusal of service to LGBT individuals is not nor has it ever been a case of religious rights but a simple one of homophobic discrimination.

Peace, love, and unity should prevail for people to live with harmony with each other and unless these three factors take course, it would be difficult to consider one another as equal partners in the society. It is very important to note that every person was created differently and therefore, have their own unique features and characteristics and it would be wrong to discriminate against one another on any grounds. However, there are certain human qualities such as homosexuality and lesbianism that are highly controversial in the society today; various factions of people present their views on the issue. There are those who oppose them by terming them as immoral and there are those support them by terming them as human rights (Blackwell, Ricks & Dziegielewski, 2004). One person who stands out openly to call for homosexuals’ rights is the former president’s wife, Hillary Clinton, who made her opinion on this issue public at Geneva where she attended a meeting to celebrate Human Rights Day. In a society dominated by men, Hillary Clinton’s speech is bold and radical. Clinton, a white, heterosexual woman, went against societal norms by advocating for the rights of homosexuals who are abused solely because of their sexual orientation.

Why should we legalize gay marriage? Or, in other words, why isn't gay marriage legalized already? Same-sex marriage is just about as humane as opposite-sex marriage. One in ten people are gay. Seems perfectly normal to me. Is it normal to you? And anyway, why don't people like two gays marrying?