Homosexism And Homophobia

For our “ism” project we were assigned heterosexism, which is the belief that everyone should be heterosexual and that being heterosexual is superior. Many people, like ourselves before further research, may tend to confuse heterosexism with homosexism or homophobia. Homosexism is almost the opposite of heterosexism, it’s the belief that gay or lesbian identities are superior. Homophobia is the fear and/or antipathy towards homosexuals and homosexuality. These terms are often confused due to lack of understanding the differences. For our current event project, we had a difficult time trying to find an event that illustrated heterosexism and not something that we would have considered homophobia. We ended up discovering a court case that …show more content…
The event we chose also correlates with our text for class, when talking about the different “isms”. Discrimination against people that are not considered to follow the “norms” in today’s society has been a major discussion in our class. Our current event was, also, a perfect example of a same-sex couple being that they almost potentially had their foster child removed and being denied their right to adopt for no reason other than being in a same-sex marriage. They are perfectly fit parents, and also already have custody of two other children, who want to adopt their foster child. The event this couple had to go through is something that a straight couple would never have to …show more content…
The fact of the matter is religion and personal beliefs are can sometimes be an individual's guiding light which is not necessarily a problem on the surface, but sometimes can cause their moral compass can be off. The problem is separating opinion from law when you have influence. Judge Johansen’s moral compass told him that a same-sex couple could not successfully raise a child, which is his own belief, not law. When someone with a fixed morality has the power to try to take their opinion into law, they can change the direction of someone else’s life. Fortunately, we live in a time of progress, an age that open tenderness and civil rights are