Research+Topic+Discussion

LGBT people not being accepted in society

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 * LGBT are lesbians, gays, bis and transgenders . The research topic that is being discussed is LGBT people not being accepted in our society **
 * Sometimes bullied and not accepted for who they are. Not being accepted may caused kids to become depressed and leads to suicide.
 * As of March 2010, there are only about six places that allowed gay marriage
 * Connecticut
 * Iowa
 * Vermont
 * Massachusetts
 * New Hampshire
 * Washington DC
 * <span style="color: #f32323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">On September of 1996, President Bill Clinton came up with the Defense of Marriage Act
 * <span style="color: #f32323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">To deny Federal benefits to married people of the same sex and to permit states to ignore such marriages
 * <span style="color: #f32323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The United Church of Christ:
 * <span style="color: #f32323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender

Example 1 :
 * A couple of the same sex was looking for jobs in PA and only found 160 jobs available, but for them there were only about 9 jobs for both of them. They can be fired from a job or evicted for not warning them that they are gay. **

<span style="color: #f28d15; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Example 2: <span style="color: #f28d15; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> After a lesbian student at Jesse Bethel School in Vallejo with American Civil Liberties Union in 2008 to accuse the local school district of discrimination, district officials agreed as part of a settlement to show films and assign homework depicting same-sex families, beginning in elementary school”. Parents and religious leaders do not agree with this settlement. They feel as if their rights are being violated.



<span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> what gender, ethnicity or <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">sexuality you are <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> everyone should be <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">treated the same even if <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">you’re gay you’re <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> still human. || <span style="color: #ff008c; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I think gay marriage <span style="color: #ff008c; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> be allowed <span style="color: #ff008c; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">and LGBT people should <span style="color: #ff008c; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> be treated EQUALLY. || <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I think that homosexuals <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">should not be mistreated <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">just because they like the <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">same sex. They are people <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">just like the rest of us and <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">it is unconstitutional to deny <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">them of the basic rights that <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">other people have. Also being <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> considered as second class <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">citizenship and is not how <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">it should be. || <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I think that everyone should be <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">equal because it is not written <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in stone in the bible saying that <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> you can not like the opposite sex. <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Also if it makes them happy then <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> why would we want to ruin that <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">because their relationship is <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> not hurting and affecting <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">anyone so why should we <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> bother them. ||
 * <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Sharline: || <span style="color: #f21586; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Angie: || <span style="color: #2be428; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chrisira: || <span style="color: #1c93eb; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Michaela: ||
 * <span style="color: #9216c3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I think it does not matter

Sources:

“My open and affirming statement for my home church" Article written by Katie Hall  provided by: Social Justice Class; Ms. Fillion  []  []  []