Equal Rights for the Homosexual Community in America The United States is the country where many individuals come to seek opportunity and freedom. The American Dream is to become successful and experience happiness. People that come from other countries have misconceptions about how perfect the country is, because in reality there are serious issues the country is facing. The nation has gone through struggles when it comes to equal rights for all citizens; it began with racial discrimination, then gender discrimination, and now prejudice against the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. Throughout history, people have been treated as criminals for having relationships with the same sex and have had unequal treatment in
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Some of these cases have received recognition because the verdicts were significant for the justice of homosexuals. In the Bowers v. Hardwick case from 1986, a man from Georgia was arrested after having sexual intercourse with another man in his bedroom. The court decided that he was guilty with the final tally of 5-4. The state of Georgia had an anti-sodomy regulation that he had been fragmented so his argument that it was his constitutional right to privacy was ignored. The clause which protected his rights to privacy in the Constitution covered other issues including abortions, birth control, and interracial marriage but did not conceal homosexual actions according to the Court. This case received a significant amount of attention because gay right issues had just been introduced and quickly became a controversial topic. In this case, many could argue that the Constitution protected his rights since these activities took place privately in his home (Wilson …show more content…
Christians are educated on the practices of homosexuality through the bible which is interpreted as sinning against God. The beliefs in this religion clearly state that men and woman are supposed to be united and multiply on Earth. But scholars have found that other religions before Christianity practiced and accepted same-sex relationships in Greece before the word “homosexual” existed. According to scholars, adult males engaged in sexual activities with young boys to exercise rituals which brought these boys into manhood. However, these practices were not followed in ancient Rome even though there were homosexuals. In anthropology, it was believed that there must a passive and active individual during sexual intercourse which led to an interpretation that males and females were naturally supposed to make love to one another. But others argued that it did not matter if it was between the same sexes as long as there was an active and passive being involved (Holland
Some of these cases have received recognition because the verdicts were significant for the justice of homosexuals. In the Bowers v. Hardwick case from 1986, a man from Georgia was arrested after having sexual intercourse with another man in his bedroom. The court decided that he was guilty with the final tally of 5-4. The state of Georgia had an anti-sodomy regulation that he had been fragmented so his argument that it was his constitutional right to privacy was ignored. The clause which protected his rights to privacy in the Constitution covered other issues including abortions, birth control, and interracial marriage but did not conceal homosexual actions according to the Court. This case received a significant amount of attention because gay right issues had just been introduced and quickly became a controversial topic. In this case, many could argue that the Constitution protected his rights since these activities took place privately in his home (Wilson …show more content…
Christians are educated on the practices of homosexuality through the bible which is interpreted as sinning against God. The beliefs in this religion clearly state that men and woman are supposed to be united and multiply on Earth. But scholars have found that other religions before Christianity practiced and accepted same-sex relationships in Greece before the word “homosexual” existed. According to scholars, adult males engaged in sexual activities with young boys to exercise rituals which brought these boys into manhood. However, these practices were not followed in ancient Rome even though there were homosexuals. In anthropology, it was believed that there must a passive and active individual during sexual intercourse which led to an interpretation that males and females were naturally supposed to make love to one another. But others argued that it did not matter if it was between the same sexes as long as there was an active and passive being involved (Holland