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TrumanTT · 08-22-2005, 05:45 PM

Over the past few years, my views on this have become more and more solidified in the thought that gay and lesbian rights should be allowed within the US. BUT I wonder how hard is it going to be to get over some of the big factors.

1. Religion - Some people look at the bible and only focus on a few pasages about unnatural sex while it seems that they forget a HUGE chunk of it near the back about how it tells them to 'do onto others' and how Jesus told us to love everyone ESPECIALLY SINNERS. But there lies the problem. No matter how much they are told to love them, they are still considered 'sinners'. Even though the Church has looked the other way to slavery and genocide before, this is something more written in stone (pardon the pun) within the Bible.

2. Slang - Most people don't go screaming at people shouting 'Fags or Dykes' but the term gay is still being used in malicious ways. Talk with your friends and see who is the first one to say 'Dude thats so gay'. You wouldn't even stand for it if someone said 'That's niggerish' so what makes this term acceptable?

3. Steriotypes - They know fashion, they know how to make people laugh, and hell apparently they all like to come onto straight people and make them feel uncomfortable. Media has placed these onto us just like blacks in the early 1900's. You saw black maids and butlers that would do anything you would want with a 'yessir' after everything. Until we start to turn off these shows that exploit their sexual preferance, outlets will keep pumping them out.

People have had so much misinformation pumped into them that it will take 50 years to correct it. In my personal opinion, if something wants to get done, we need another 1960's civil rights movement. With the powerful leaders from within and even the sacrifice of the oncomming violence with it.

08-22-2005, 05:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
TrumanTT Upright Location: Columbia, MO	Is America Ready for Equal Rights Over the past few years, my views on this have become more and more solidified in the thought that gay and lesbian rights should be allowed within the US. BUT I wonder how hard is it going to be to get over some of the big factors. 1. Religion - Some people look at the bible and only focus on a few pasages about unnatural sex while it seems that they forget a HUGE chunk of it near the back about how it tells them to 'do onto others' and how Jesus told us to love everyone ESPECIALLY SINNERS. But there lies the problem. No matter how much they are told to love them, they are still considered 'sinners'. Even though the Church has looked the other way to slavery and genocide before, this is something more written in stone (pardon the pun) within the Bible. 2. Slang - Most people don't go screaming at people shouting 'Fags or Dykes' but the term gay is still being used in malicious ways. Talk with your friends and see who is the first one to say 'Dude thats so gay'. You wouldn't even stand for it if someone said 'That's niggerish' so what makes this term acceptable? 3. Steriotypes - They know fashion, they know how to make people laugh, and hell apparently they all like to come onto straight people and make them feel uncomfortable. Media has placed these onto us just like blacks in the early 1900's. You saw black maids and butlers that would do anything you would want with a 'yessir' after everything. Until we start to turn off these shows that exploit their sexual preferance, outlets will keep pumping them out. People have had so much misinformation pumped into them that it will take 50 years to correct it. In my personal opinion, if something wants to get done, we need another 1960's civil rights movement. With the powerful leaders from within and even the sacrifice of the oncomming violence with it. __________________ "I hate quotations. Tell me about yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson "I feel sorry for the failed lives of everyone who can sum up their experiences in one small quote." MINE! (but thats what I think Ralphie was trying to get at ^up there^