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Originally posted by Conskeeted7
Sexuality is totally different from race. There is no law prohibitng gays from public affection or working in certain areas. People may not like it, but there are no laws against it. There were however laws that prohibited Blacks from certain public areas and rights that everyday citizens had, not just married people. You cannot begin to compare the number of Blacks who were killed for simply LOOKING at whites (not kissing them, talking to them, or interacting with them) to the number of gays who have been killed. You cannot begin to parallel the struggle, because it is NOT THE SAME. And it is a valid point that Blackness, in the majority of Blacks, cannot be hidden or denied, while gays do not HAVE to display their sexuality. Like someone else said, race is with you from birth. Your teachers know it in school, you neighbors know it when they decide to let their children play with you. When a Black person walks into a room, few will doubt that they are Black. But when a gay person walks into a room, is it automatically assumed that they are gay? Probably not. There are VAST differences.
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Correct. Fortunate for the gay population that the black community fought that war first for them. They got the benefits of the equal protection clauses in the Amendment b/c of the struggles in the civil rights movement, mostly made by the black community, but also by gays, indians, etc.
But nobody is saying that the struggle they see now is the same type the blacks once (and in some ways unfortunately still may) faced. There are similarities though. I saw on TV one day after the Mass. Supreme Ct. legalized same-sex marriages some black priests were on TV preaching how "these gays are going to destroy the sanctity of marriage" and I couln't help but envision that man hiding under a white cloak preaching to people carrying torches years before that "the blacks are going to destroy the sanctity of marriage." The irony is disturbing and discouraging. I thought we'd come so far.
Race is with you from worth. Take this for what it is worth...which do you find more unfortunate...people who are black and are unfortunate, but accept it...or people who stay inside the closet b/c they are shamed and society views them as the cause of corruption of the family (and perhaps even society?). Can you imagine being afraid...so afraid that you hide your identity to everyone around you? Afraid to fall in love. They face hardships...but those aren't the people we're talking about directly here (though perhaps if society could recognize gay marriage, perhaps that'd be a huge step forward in accepting gay people into our society).
We're talking about the people who have come out and not been afraid to love someone else. We say "no, your people aren't meant to be married - marriage is b/w a man and a woman." "You're destroying the sanctity of marriage." Yes, you're existence is impeding upon my religion...so I'm going to use the gov't to stop you. I'm sorry...I just cannot find anything noteworthy in any argument I've heard yet.
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