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This article discusses both the prevalence of homophobia, defined as “a prejudice that leads to hatred and discrimination toward lesbian and gay people” (Croteau & Kusek, 1992, p. 396), and a specific way to reduce homophobia—gay and lesbian speaker panels. Gay and lesbian speaker panels are panel presentations by gay and lesbian people, whereby they share their personal experiences, stories, and engage in a dialogue with the audience. Croteau & Kusek (1992) discuss six previous studies that…

Lay Me Down On February 3rd, 2013, Sam Smith created an angelic, enchanting, and self fulfilling song called Lay Me Down. Through his love of music Sam Smith is able to make a statement for what he believes is in equality throughout America in regards to same sex marriages in the church. Equality has always been a symbol of hope, liberty, freedom, and a chance to live an unbiased life. Unfortunately, some individuals do not agree with this value in America. Throughout history many Americans…

“A culture founded from oppression Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it.” (Azlyrics) “ The Same.” explains how the society looks upon homosexuality. How people throw around the word “Faggot” to describe something bad. That day in age has no remorse for how what they say or do that affects people who like the same sex. I will be describing how the song that I chose has an effect on the…

There are so many very serious social justice issues going on today. There first social justice issue I feel strongly about and believe is a huge problem is the treatment of homosexuals. Though there has been major progression in the treatment towards homosexuals legally there are still many prejudiced people that treat them terribly. Last summer on June 26 the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Some people were ecstatic with ruling and others found it morally wrong. Though gay marriage was…

The laws pertaining to marriage in the legal codes distributed throughout the Old Testament are few and scattered. Most of these laws address issues such as: anathemas pertaining to who to marry, how to determine virginity, the dissolution of marriage, remarriage, childlessness, widowhood, etc. This is unlike the ancient near Eastern codes which tend to discuss matters of legal interest in an orderly manner; thus, the laws of marriage, for most part, are successively arranged in blocks like…

The isle of Lesbos in the 2nd Century AD facilitated Longus in the creation of a romantic novel, Daphnis and Chloe, which conceptualizes gender norms of the classical Greek era. The “island of love” was the setting for the innocent romance that began naturally, but was challenged later by cultural constructs from the city. I believe that in Longus’ Daphnes and Chloe nature and culture are revealed in a conflicting approach in regards to gender and sexuality beliefs. Inset stories within the…

Adoption- Discrimination Adoption is when a child’s biological parents give up the right to be the child’s legal parents and the child receives new parents. The new parents then receive the same legal rights as biological parents. Homosexuals can’t give birth to a child naturally, and therefore one of the possibilities they have can be adoption. Lately, this has become a big problem for many of the homosexual couples. U09ug g hi imp cool bro Some might say that there are too many problems with…

Gay Marriage and Equality Gay marriage, these two words can make people go from being completely civilized, to arguing like crazy. This is a very sensitive topic for many people, and I honestly don't know why it has to be. I am fully supportive of the gay marriage law and rights. I think that through the years we have had this image of what a perfect society is supposed to be like. Trying to make the perfect society has ruined us we no longer accept people for they are, we only accept people…

How often do you hear someone complaining about how marriage within the same sex is “immoral” and they'll “go to hell for it”? Now and days that's a common barber shop topic and its casual to speak down on same sex couples and homosexual males and females. I believe that denying the right to marry is discriminatory and creates a second class of citizens, Marriage is an internationally recognized human right of all people, and same sex matrimony is a civil right. If all these reasons are true,…

The Zeitgeist, as explained in the text is the “spirit of the times”. There are several areas of discussion in our current cultural climate in the United States. Some of these discussions have been ever evolving, while other areas have taken drastic shifts on how they are viewed and discussed. One important cultural climate today is the acceptance LGBTQ community. I suppose acceptance may not be the correct term to use as there is still several areas of inequality in comparison with…