Gay Rights

The issue of gay rights remains one of society’s most hotly debated and controversial issues. A recent state supreme court decision in Massachusetts has declared a state ban on gay marriages unconstitutional, while other states like Hawaii permit gay marriages. President Bush, the Religious (New) Right, and other groups have advocated the belief that marriage is between a “man” and a “woman.” While gay individuals are required to pay taxes for roads, government official salaries, and even administrative costs of policies that deny them equal rights compared to heterosexuals, they are not given equal representation in law or government. Similar to women and African Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries, homosexuals are still routinely denied equal protection under the law in many areas from employment to sexuality. A taboo subject for decades in American society, homosexuals are beginning to win support and increased rights. Until homosexuals have the same rights at heterosexuals, they are being denied their full Constitutional rights.

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