Gay Rights Argumentative Essay

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AnselmoPeñaArgumentEssayThenewshasrecentlysaidthatafewgayactivistsshowedtheir celebrationoftheirvictoryontheirrightsforgaymarriagebywavinganAmericanflag.Theonly issueisthattheAmericanflagwasalteredtotheirlikingTheydecidedthegoodoldstarsand stripeswasnolongergoodenoughforthemsotheydecidedtohaverainbowedstripesputontopof ourflag.Iunderstandthattheyhaverightstocelebrateormarryorwhateverbuttheyshouldnotgo unpunishedformakingamockeryoftheflagthatwehaveU.Ssoldiersconstantlydyingto represent.Theythoughtitwouldbebetterifithad"alittlemorecolor"saysanactivistinan interviewTheyaretryingtogettheflaglegallychangedsopeopleshowmorecontent

Someareactuallygaybutitisn'tthattheylovethesamegenderit'sthattheyhatetheothergender becausetheyhadahorribleexperiencewiththem.Whethertheexperiencewasbully,orphysical abuse,orthemostcommonwhichissexualabuseTheyfeelthishatredtowardsthespecificgender whodidthemwrongandtheydon'twanttolivelonelyandangrytheirwholelifesotheygotoa genderofthesamesexandmostlikelytheytohavehadthesamepastofabuse.Theyjustaren't meanttohaveahappylifewiththesamesexasaspouse.Thefactisthatwewerecreatedto reproduceanditisn'tphysicallypossibletodosowiththesamesex.Wecan'tthinkthisway becausewearefrowneduponandsometimescalledracistbutIamheretosaywehavetheexact samerightsasthese

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Gayrightsandmarriageequalityhasalwaysbeenamajorissue.NotonlyintheUnitedStates,but allthroughoutvariousculturesintheworld.Oneofthemainreasonswhyitisnotwidelyaccepted isduetoreligiousorculturalreasons.Thankfully,morepeoplehavebecomemoreacceptingofit andkeepinganopenmindaboutit.AsofJune26th,2015,gaymarriagehashasfinallybeen legalizedinall50statesHowever,therearestillpeoplewhodonotagreewithitandstilltrytovote againstit.SomeAmericansevenwantlawsmadetobansame–sexmarriageandrelationsagain. Althoughthelegalizationofsame–sexmarriagehasbeenaccomplished,mostpeoplecontinueto fightagainstthosewhostilldiscriminateagainsttheLGBTcommunityAround40yearsago, marriageequalitywasalotlessacceptedthanitistoday.In1977,Gallupconductedapollin America.Thepollwasbasedoffofhowmanypeoplethoughtthatsame–sexrelationsshouldbe legalized,ratherthansame–sexmarriage.AccordingtoGallup,"Americanshaveconsistentlybeen morelikelytosaythatsame–sexrelationsshouldbelegalthantosaythatgaymarriageshouldbe legallyvalid,suggestingthatthemarriagequestionpushesamoral,religiousorculturalboundary forsomepeoplethatgayrelationshipsdonot".(McCarthy,2017)ThepercentageofAmericanswho thoughtthatsame–sexrelationsshouldbelegalwasonly43%.Themajoritysupportforsame–sex relationswasin2001,at54%.Since2001,

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