First, the extensive existence of discrimination, hate, crimes, violence, oppression and hetero sexist hatred against homosexuals is widely supported in American society. Homosexuals should be protected from violence and that some states and local jurisdictions have enacted laws that include sexual orientation in strengthening the penalties for violence levied towards gays and lesbians. In recent years, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals have been fighting long and hard to get the same rights and benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. Any person who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex is guilty of sodomy. For example, Lawrence and Garner were arrested in Texas for having consensual sex
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589). Acts like queer bashing are disgusting and there is no place in society for them. He states set of stereotypes of revolves around gays as pervasive, sinister, conspiratorial, and corruptive threat (Mohr, P. 586). Mohr makes a valid point about stereotypes and how they are culturally rooted; as individuals we have grown up in a culture that preaches what is and what isn’t acceptable behavior, and clearly being a homosexual isn’t an acceptable lifestyle choice. For a homosexual, specifically a male, to come out and announce he is gay knowing that the repercussions for this could in fact result in violent acts directed towards him is scary. Then again fear is the overall goal of people who partake in these vicious acts, because it keeps people’s true identities concealed. People should be judged on how well they work and not by their beliefs. Employers fear homosexuals will drive people away or they will molest people. Statistics show that majority of molesters are heterosexual men that are usually related to the victim (Mohr, p. 587). Other rights that they are ignored is that they can't see a sick or dying partner in the hospital, they can't claim their partner's property after death, they don't get custody rights, and in two states they can't adopt children. So exactly what is the purpose of denying homosexuals these simple rights? Denying these rights isn't convincing homosexuals to change their sexual
589). Acts like queer bashing are disgusting and there is no place in society for them. He states set of stereotypes of revolves around gays as pervasive, sinister, conspiratorial, and corruptive threat (Mohr, P. 586). Mohr makes a valid point about stereotypes and how they are culturally rooted; as individuals we have grown up in a culture that preaches what is and what isn’t acceptable behavior, and clearly being a homosexual isn’t an acceptable lifestyle choice. For a homosexual, specifically a male, to come out and announce he is gay knowing that the repercussions for this could in fact result in violent acts directed towards him is scary. Then again fear is the overall goal of people who partake in these vicious acts, because it keeps people’s true identities concealed. People should be judged on how well they work and not by their beliefs. Employers fear homosexuals will drive people away or they will molest people. Statistics show that majority of molesters are heterosexual men that are usually related to the victim (Mohr, p. 587). Other rights that they are ignored is that they can't see a sick or dying partner in the hospital, they can't claim their partner's property after death, they don't get custody rights, and in two states they can't adopt children. So exactly what is the purpose of denying homosexuals these simple rights? Denying these rights isn't convincing homosexuals to change their sexual