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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
It doesn't, I just think it is silly altogether.....
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USA:
Denied hospital visits of longtime partner:
American Evangelicals goto Uganda to explain the evils of Homosexuality, now the country is feverishly anti-gay where people are outed in newspapers and being beaten for being gay is normal. If the law passes gay people can be in prison for 14yrs or in some cases be put to death.
Lets see, Gay teen suicide in the USA, Gay children have up to 3 times more likelihood to commit suicide, we have countless problems of gay kids being bullied, shunned and in some cases kicked of school teams, told they can't take a gay partner to proms, etc..
Some stats on Gay teen suicide:
These are just the tip of the iceberg, why does this all matter? Well because its wrong to treat a group in our society with such distain and ignorance.
We know that being gay isn't a choice, we know that these people suffer greatly in their early years from violence, verbal abuse and once they are adults they suffer from the continuing stigma and mistreatment of a society that views them as sinners, gross, not normal and this in the "land of the free" which claims to be a bastion of human rights for the world to set an example from.
The truth is the vast majority of opposition to gay rights, just rights not even talking marriage here is from the religious, muslims, christians, catholics, mormons, etc..
They find no problems in finding justifications in their books but ignore the hide behind the obvious ethical and modern moral standards of our society in order to not move forwards with rights for all humans.
When people are being told they will goto prison for simply being who they are, this is wrong and free people of the world should fight hard and loudly to change this craziness.
Like has been said before, 50 yrs from now people will look back at people against gay rights with utter amazement and distain.