Sexual orientation has sparked a lot of debate and a lot of change in the recent years of our country. The Phelps, along with Michael Moore, and the mentioned articles all helped to spark this movement. Now the ideas on homosexuals in this country are beginning to shift from hate to love. Growing up in Topeka, KS I knew most of the information about the Phelps before entering this class. The Phelps are a group of people who spread hate instead of love. Not only do they discriminate against people who are homosexual, but they shine a negative light on the Christian and Baptist name. I think it is quite obvious that the Phelps are using hate speech, because everything they preach is completely driven by hate. They choose certain parts of the
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I am happy to see the great strides we have made since many of these articles were written. When reading, I was especially interested in how homosexuals were discriminated against in the public school system. After reading that one school district chose to ban all non educational clubs rather than allowing a gay alliance club, I really opened my eyes. I did not realize how much hate was being shown toward homosexuals. They should be allowed to have a club and a support group just as any other group of people. I also couldn’t believe that they found it more beneficial to their students to ban non academic clubs, which look great on college and job resumes, then to just allow one more controversial club. For goodness sakes, they allowed a club to be made strictly to eat beef in, yet these students were denied a chance to have a support group as they struggled with their sexual identity in public school. When I continued in the readings, I came across the article about gay tolerance in schools, and found the information gathered in the study very upsetting. Homosexual students report missing school due to feeling unsafe, and still there is no policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. I understand that many people do not agree with gay rights, however, no matter what a child’s sexual orientation is, they should not be scared to get an education. This is absolutely ridiculous.
I am happy to see the great strides we have made since many of these articles were written. When reading, I was especially interested in how homosexuals were discriminated against in the public school system. After reading that one school district chose to ban all non educational clubs rather than allowing a gay alliance club, I really opened my eyes. I did not realize how much hate was being shown toward homosexuals. They should be allowed to have a club and a support group just as any other group of people. I also couldn’t believe that they found it more beneficial to their students to ban non academic clubs, which look great on college and job resumes, then to just allow one more controversial club. For goodness sakes, they allowed a club to be made strictly to eat beef in, yet these students were denied a chance to have a support group as they struggled with their sexual identity in public school. When I continued in the readings, I came across the article about gay tolerance in schools, and found the information gathered in the study very upsetting. Homosexual students report missing school due to feeling unsafe, and still there is no policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. I understand that many people do not agree with gay rights, however, no matter what a child’s sexual orientation is, they should not be scared to get an education. This is absolutely ridiculous.