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Should homosexuals have more rights in school?
Should homosexuals have more rights in school? Can be little bit more, or none, or a lot more or what ever you seem fair. Do you think they should keep it to themselves, or let them be open about it?
Today's in school homosexual have less rights then str8 people do. Why? Because most people see it more natural?
The in school homosexual's are not allowed to where gay pride shirts. Nothing that shows there homosexuality. They can not hold hands, say I love you to each other with out people complaining that, that's not right and really wrong, but yet str8 people in school can wear anything that they want, hold hands, even kiss, and say I love you to each other.
Well, anyone can be open about their sexuality. I go to a very PC school (they freaked out over me bringing the American Flag to school, that's how PC it is) so extreme homosexuality is actually more acceptable than extreme heterosexuality.
I am willing to accept that there may be schools that are unfair towards gay students when it comes to expressing themselves, but in other schools it's the other way around. Everyone should be open, free country.
As long as people don't act obnoxious about their sexuality it should not be an issue. There are gays that feel that the world needs to know about their sexuality, but if someone wants to wear a shirt then that is perfectly acceptable.
More rights? No. Equal rights? Yes. How can anyone justify a minority group having "more" rights than the majority? If anyone can make it so that a minority group has "more" rights than the majority then I'll start my own group where I'm the sole person in that group and thus more privileged than anyone else ;)
homosexual are not equal as it is right now, so saying they should have more rights can mean they can finally have equal rights as well. So far people see gay's as less equal then str8 people. Only because they str8 people as natural and there's a lot more of that going on then homosexuallty. I'm just asking, should they be givin some more right's then they don't yet have that str8 people do?
Gay people do not have "less rights" than straight people. They have the same rights, they just chose not to exercise some rights and what they want, instead, is amended rights.
For example, gay people have the right to marry (just like everyone else) as long as it is with a person of the opposite sex. Gays chose not to exercise that right (for obvious reasons) and so they want to amend the "right" to marry. I used "right" in quotes because I don't see how marriage is a right.
Think about this, is driving a right or a privilege? If it is a right, then why do we need to file for a driver's license?
How about the right to pursue happiness? We don't need a license for that.
How about marriage? We do need a license for that.
Compare the laws, gay people have limited marriage rights, str8 people may marry where ever when ever, gay people use rights to there advantage all the time but I guess you fail to see that. I have gone into a law/rights book, I compared both gay rights and str8 rights. It seems that str8 people have more rights then homosexuals do. Don't believe me?
examples:
Straights can and gays can-not.
1. children, adoption.
2. free legal marriage any where in the USA
even religions go against the homosexuals, they say they shouldn't even be in some religions, only the religions that go against it.
(I know this may have nothing to do with it I just thought I would add that in)
First of all, straight people don't get a pass when it comes to adoption. There are certain requirements that must be met. Those requirements apply to gays as well.
Again, gays can marry anyone they want, anywhere they want, whenever they want (as long as it is someone of the opposite sex).
If certain religions don't accept gays, gays are free to start their own religion.
If there are other countries that allow same sex marriages, then gays are free to go live there. This isn't communist China.
uh a gay person doesn't want to marry someone of the opposite sex. why the hell would you even think they would. By the way that's two different rights. There's same sex marriage and str8 marriage and gay people don't marry people from the opposite sex for some obvious reasons. Gays currently can not adopt children. Yes str8 people have to meet requirements but they won't let gays have kids because there afraid of how the child will react.
uh a gay person doesn't want to marry someone of the opposite sex.
OK, so that's like saying, "The law is that you can drink all the alcohol you want. But I don't want to drink alcohol. I want to smoke marijuana. My rights are being violated!"
Again, there are no two different rights. Marriage is not a right. It is sanctioned by a religion and a priviledge that the government can take away. That is why you need a marriage license to get married. You need a license because it is not a right.
In order to adopt children, you must be a male and female couple. It does not say, you must be a heterosexual and a heterosexual female couple. A single heterosexual male cannot adopt. A single heterosexual female cannot adopt. It is not discrimination against gays.
OK! try to get this now, you said marriage is not a right, and government can not take away, well then how come only few states are allowing same-sex marriage, thats because it's more of a right then anything, that's the government rules over America. People save up for there weddings and stuff, but they don't want to over spend by leaving the country to go get married plus if they come back to the USA then there marriage is not legal. Have you ever heard of people getting married for the benefits? That's because the GOVERNMENT gives them those benefits because they are now a married couple!
and for the adopt thing. I'm talking about gay couple. not a single father or mother. two fathers.
and for the whole alcohol and marijuana thing, wtf! those are to different things, so your comparing gays and str8's to beer and drugs... well either way, beer and drugs are one again two different things
Government can revoke your marriage license. For example, in the case of poligamy.
What a few states have done is changed their laws to allow gays to get a marriage license so that they can then reap the benefits offered to married couples.
When i say people are free to go to another country to get married, I mean that they can go there, get married and stay there. Not come back.
Have I heard of people getting married for the benefits? Yes, I have.
Two fathers cannot adopt because one of the requirements is that only a man and a woman can adopt. Not two fathers. Not two mothers. Not one man. Not one woman.
The whole alcohol, drug thing is not comparing gays to anything. It is comapring one set of laws to another set. Two sets of laws are not two entirely different things. They are a set of laws. These laws are not about rights. They are about priviledges.
Homosexuals in schools are just whack, no one likes seeing a couple all over each other anyways so when you got two guys all up on each other it just looks bad.
I'm not hating on homosexuals i just don't like them showing it in public, its just kind of rude
Once again I have nothing against them even though i believe relationships should be between a man and a woman, it is ultimately their choice
