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Gay Rights
History
Since the seventeenth century, homosexuality has been thought of as an object of scorn, causing discrimination, punishment, and causing people to be ostracized from society. ... Government-directed raids of gay bars and clubs were frequent during this time. ... The result was a huge grass-roots movement, demanding equal rights for homosexuals. Over the next twenty years, the American government has made some advances in gay rights, but mainly in legalizing homosexual activity. Some advances have been made Recently, in a major supreme court decision, Texas did away with its anti-sodomy laws, and very recently Massachusetts declared a law forbidding gay marriages “unconstitutional”. ... Gay or lesbian couples and families of such couples do not receive health or life insurance benefits, social security benefits (even though, like everyone else, homosexuals pay social security), do not have the right to be their partner’s next of kin, or have the right to visit each other in the hospital . ...
Opposition to gay rights mostly comes from religious beliefs that homosexuality is a sin. ... Gay and lesbian couples and families should have the same protection under the law that heterosexual couples do. ... Withholding rights and protection from one group of people is discrimination. ... Gay and lesbian couples in long-term committed relationships, and those with families, should have the same equal protection under the law that heterosexual couples and families do. ... Gay and lesbian soldiers should be able to serve in the military
P1. By not permitting openly gay soldiers to serve in the military, the US is depriving itself of soldiers . ... institutions of the FBI, CIA, NASA, NSA, and the Secret Service all allow those who serve them to admit to being openly gay without any evidence in a decrease in efficiency, cohesion, or performance . ... Openly gay officials in the U. ... military officials already work alongside openly gay foreign military officials during various U. ... Gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers should be able to serve in the U. ... Just because other militaries were able to lift their bans on gay soldiers does not guarantee that the U. ... Gay, lesbian, and bisexual co-workers should not be discriminated against in the workplace. ... Gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are unfairly discriminated against in the workplace. ... Gay, lesbian, and bisexual co-workers should not be discriminated against in the workplace.
Approximate Word count = 1901
Approximate Pages = 7.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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