In the United States, people pride themselves on equality, justice and on what is morally right for the American people. Although this statement allows for the country to parade around as unified people, under the tapestry is something far more sinister. Even though laws have been passed in the not so distant past, people of the the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, or the LGBT community, are discriminated against daily. This includes places of work or school, businesses, and even on the streets, people apart of the LGBT community are alienated because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. This backwards system still seems to baffle many Americans, because it is not natural for a human being to be persecuted for
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It moves from county to county, state to state, and eventually nation to nation. A similar incident on gay marriage had taken place in the state of Arkansas before the Supreme Court ruling in June. Arkansas senator and deacon at Southern Baptist church, Senator Bart Hester proposed bill SB 202 to rid Arkansas of all non-discrimination ordinances. He explained why in an interview when saying, “ ‘I am singled out as a politician. I am singled out because I am married to one woman… I want everyone in the LGBT community to have the same rights I do. I do not want them to have special rights that I do not have’ ” (Badash 1). This reasoning is almost humorous to those who are actually marginalized within the LGBT community. Laws that have protected trans and gay people are slowly being rolled back, and more and more people apart of the LGBT community are discriminated by their heterosexual counterparts because of their sexuality. Just like Kim Davis, these people use their religious freedoms to try and justify why they are allowed to discriminate, and marginalize another group of people. It is almost baffling to watch, as people explain that their privilege should not be infringed upon because they do not feel the effects of those who are unprivileged. When marginalized, illegitimized, groups of people, communities,
It moves from county to county, state to state, and eventually nation to nation. A similar incident on gay marriage had taken place in the state of Arkansas before the Supreme Court ruling in June. Arkansas senator and deacon at Southern Baptist church, Senator Bart Hester proposed bill SB 202 to rid Arkansas of all non-discrimination ordinances. He explained why in an interview when saying, “ ‘I am singled out as a politician. I am singled out because I am married to one woman… I want everyone in the LGBT community to have the same rights I do. I do not want them to have special rights that I do not have’ ” (Badash 1). This reasoning is almost humorous to those who are actually marginalized within the LGBT community. Laws that have protected trans and gay people are slowly being rolled back, and more and more people apart of the LGBT community are discriminated by their heterosexual counterparts because of their sexuality. Just like Kim Davis, these people use their religious freedoms to try and justify why they are allowed to discriminate, and marginalize another group of people. It is almost baffling to watch, as people explain that their privilege should not be infringed upon because they do not feel the effects of those who are unprivileged. When marginalized, illegitimized, groups of people, communities,