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Sean Campbell English 1301 Thorne Born Free and Equal

If they say lo e is blind! then "hy are heterose#uals the only ones $onsidered blind to lo e% &arrying the one you lo e should not be about man and "oman' (f $ourse) there are other reasons for marriage su$h as) illegal status and money but for the most people marriage is a o" bet"een t"o indi iduals "ho lo e ea$h other and "ant to be happy together' I $ompletely agree "ith the *esbian) +ay) Bise#ual and Transgender $ommunity to legali,e gay marriage be$ause this is a $ause $lose to me' &y brother is gay and I do not see him as a "eirdo) a frea- or not human) he has the same right to equality as you and me' .e is my brother and I "ill respe$t him for being "ho he is/ and standing by) not only "hat he feels) but also "hat he belie es in' 0eople may thin- it is easy to $ome out of the $loset! and be proud of "hom you really are but I ha e "at$hed my brother struggle "ith e ery "ord he "anted to say' 1e gre" up "ith ery $onser ati e Christian beliefs and our grandfather "as a pastor' (ur family had a hard time a$$epting his "ays and to this day our grandpa still belie es he is straight!' 2o one has $ontrol o er "hom they fall in lo e "ith) same se# marriage does not harm anyone and 3ust be$ause someone is gay it does not mean that they are not human and ha e no rights' 1e are all equal' It usually ta-es some time to fall in lo e and it is usually "ho you ne er thought it "ould be' 1ell) the same goes for the gay $ommunity' It should not matter to anyone else "ho they

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$hoose to marry or "ho not to marry' Their relationships are bet"een them/ 3ust as in a heterose#ual relationship' So$iety has no say o er "hat anyone does in their o"n homes' 4elationships are not built on gender or religion but on trust and lo e' 5ust be$ause you do not see eye to eye "ith someone) it still does not gi e you the right to dis$riminate against them for that' 6nd to hate them "ith su$h a great passion that you feel you ha e to physi$ally harm an inno$ent person or erbally harass them' 6$$ording to the +oogle di$tionary) dis$rimination is defined as the un3ust or pre3udi$ial treatment of different $ategories of people or things) espe$ially on the grounds of ra$e) age) or se#' 7is$rimination $an happen in a $ouple of forms su$h as) erbal harassment and unfortunately) physi$al iolen$e' In a study done by the 6meri$an 5ournal 0ubli$ .ealth o er a si# month period) they dis$o ered that thirty8se en per$ent of young gay men reported that they "ere erbally harassed) 11'9: reported dis$rimination and ;'<: reported physi$al abuse' &ost men do not report physi$al abuse be$ause they are embarrassed and feel that they "ill be ridi$uled' 2ot only are men being dis$riminated against) but "omen as "ell' 2ineteen per$ent of "omen ha e also reported iolent a$ti ities to"ard them be$ause of their se#ual orientation =6m' 5ournal>' 2o matter "hat someone belie es or "ho they lo e "e are all human and ha e the right to be "ho "e are' .uman 4ights are Equal 4ights' .uman rights are the rights "e ha e 3ust by being human) not heterose#ual' 6nd be$ause "e are human) that ma-es us all equals so "hy do some of us humans feel that the *esbian) +ay) Bise#ual and Transgender =*+BT> Community should not be treated as su$h% 6$$ording to 0roCon'org) it states that the 1?@A Supreme Court $ase) Loving vs. Virginia, $onfirmed that marriage is one of the basi$ $i il rights of man'! 6nd in &ay of this year) the 2ational 6sso$iation for the 6d an$ement of Colored 0eople =266C0>

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stated same se# marriage as one of the -ey $i il rights struggles of our time'! In my o"n opinion) I feel that same se# marriage should not be a struggle' =0roCon'org> 6nother struggle the *+BT $ommunity fights is the right to adopt orphaned $hildren' There are so many $hildren "ho are in need of a lo ing en ironment' 1or-ing at an elementary s$hool) I see $hildren in need of attention and affe$tion daily' Sometimes it is all a $hild needs) no matter "ho it is from as long as the lo e and $aring is pure' Bnfortunately) there are plenty of people "ho feel that they should not be allo"ed to adopt be$ause they thin- they "ill for$e these $hildren to be gay as "ell' The $ouples that adopt only "ant to lo e and support a $hild of their o"n' They $are) treat) and lo e these pre$ious gifts of life as they should be' 6nd they should not be denied a $hild based on their se#ual orientation' Being gay doesnCt harm anyone but dis$rimination $an) physi$ally and emotionally' +ays are human too and ha e .uman 4ights 3ust li-e e ery other human out there' They struggle enough "ith these odds against them) marriage should not be another obsta$le in their li es' Ea$h and e ery one of us has the right to marry "ho they "ant and that in$ludes the *+BT $ommunity'

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Works Cited Equal 4ights) Equal 4espe$t'! Equality and Human Rights Commission. 2'd' Equality and Human Rights. 1eb' 90 ($t' 9019' E#perien$es of .arassment) 7is$rimination and 0hysi$al Diolen$e 6mong Eoung +ay and Bise#ual &en'! National Center For Biotechnical In ormation. 5ul' 900;' National Center For Biotechnical In ormation, !.". National Li#rary o $edicine. 1eb' 1? ($t' 9019' 7i$tionary! %oogle. 1eb' 1< ($t' 9019 +ay &arriage'! &roCon.org. 11 ($t' 9019' &roCon.org. 1eb' 90 ($t' 9019

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