So I am really glad that chapter 9 branched out of the states of New York and California. I think it is really interesting that CFV had so much sway for a group of people that were basing their hatred on stereotypes and hearsay.
When the Amendment 2 unexpectedly pass, a team of lawyers were ready to fight. Amendment 2 left the gay community in an awkward state. They were already abandoned by the federal government in the ruling of Bowers that said that sodomy laws could be kept intact and overturning Amendment didn't seem that promising. The law made sure that had no political say. They couldn't fight injustice and one again they were deemed even less than first class citizens. Luckily for them they had Judge Kennedy on their side. In the …show more content…
Texas and said that sodomy could not be considered a criminal offense. People no longer had to fear being dragged out of their bed naked and put into jail for taking someone of the same sex home.
Side note: I find it really interesting that the gay and Jew community are often interacting in this book more than any other minority group besides females.
Matthew Shepard supports the saying that change only happens when a death is involved. While Shepard's death was tragic it does not stop the fact the gay community used him as the face of getting hate crime laws passed. It worked of course. In 2009, when Obama sighed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the gay community was finally considered one of the protected citizens of the government.
In chapter 11, we focused on the military and how the DADT not only was not better than their original screening out of the military gays. It encouraged a fear of being accused of being gay especially for females. Thankfully with the help of some lawyers the environment began to change. It also helped that the in 2006 that a repel was placed down in order to get rid of DADT because t was doing more harm than good. While there were no flooding of signatures, the ball was rilling on making a difference for the gay
When the Amendment 2 unexpectedly pass, a team of lawyers were ready to fight. Amendment 2 left the gay community in an awkward state. They were already abandoned by the federal government in the ruling of Bowers that said that sodomy laws could be kept intact and overturning Amendment didn't seem that promising. The law made sure that had no political say. They couldn't fight injustice and one again they were deemed even less than first class citizens. Luckily for them they had Judge Kennedy on their side. In the …show more content…
Texas and said that sodomy could not be considered a criminal offense. People no longer had to fear being dragged out of their bed naked and put into jail for taking someone of the same sex home.
Side note: I find it really interesting that the gay and Jew community are often interacting in this book more than any other minority group besides females.
Matthew Shepard supports the saying that change only happens when a death is involved. While Shepard's death was tragic it does not stop the fact the gay community used him as the face of getting hate crime laws passed. It worked of course. In 2009, when Obama sighed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the gay community was finally considered one of the protected citizens of the government.
In chapter 11, we focused on the military and how the DADT not only was not better than their original screening out of the military gays. It encouraged a fear of being accused of being gay especially for females. Thankfully with the help of some lawyers the environment began to change. It also helped that the in 2006 that a repel was placed down in order to get rid of DADT because t was doing more harm than good. While there were no flooding of signatures, the ball was rilling on making a difference for the gay