Homosexuality: Today's Reality

Prompt: Human Rights v. Majority Rule

In today’s society, homosexuality is a rapidly growing way of life. This way of life is causing a lot of animosity in the nation, and causing homosexuals to be looked at as “bad” people or “sinners”. Members of the gay community are being classified for their sexual preferences and not for their good or positive deeds in society.

In America, the citizens are supposed to have "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law." If this is true, then why are men and women of the gay community being treated with such hostility? They are people, too! Just because their sexual preference is one of the same sex doesn’t mean that they are bad people and they can’t teach others. Personally, I feel that homosexuals deserve just as much respect and acceptance as any other person in this world.

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” This is telling the American people that all human beings have the right to do as they please, so if men or women want to be homosexuals or heterosexuals then that should be accepted. These rights are legal so that makes homosexuals preferences legal and not against the law.

For instance, if communities argue that they don’t want such a role model teaching elementary school and influencing their children, then that’s not setting the right example for their children in the first place. A homosexual’s preference doesn’t make them bad educators, if anything they might have more knowledge to offer the students. If parents are teaching their children not to accept homosexuals from a young age, this can ultimately have their children hating others, even if it’s not dealing with homosexuality.

I think peoples attitudes toward homosexuals is just a factor of ignorance. I say this because whatever someone’s sexual preference is doesn’t affect their personality and doesn’t make them bad people. I actually have a homosexual friend, and he is a very fun person to be around. He is actually a good person, and is very open- minded about things people say around him. He doesn’t let what others affect the way he lives his life.