In 47 states in the United States gay people do not have the same inheritance rights, do not have the same equal rights for custody and adoption of children, do not have the same spousal benefit rights, do not have the same testimonial privilege rights that heterosexual people have. Homosexuals are not allowed to serve in the military.

 

We are a state that believes in equal opportunity for equal people. Just as how you can't fire someone for a physiological attribute (i.e. MS, pregnancy, cancer, race or skin color), and how you can't fire someone for a religious conviction, you shouldn't be allowed to fire someone based on their sexuality, especially given the massive amounts of evidence showing that, in many many cases, sexuality is a trait and not a behavior.

Really? They can't vote? They can't own property? They can't speak in public?

 

Just because it might be more difficult to get a job, for instance, doesn't mean they don't have the same rights. They're given the same opportunities as everyone else. I think his point is that people have a bias against lots of people for lots of different reasons. So what makes this any different? I don't buy the argument that they've been historically discrimanted against...again, lots of people have...

They can't marry. Therefore, they have different rights to social relationships than others do.

 

This is why I don't believe the government belongs in the marriage business. Its none of their concern.

In 47 states in the United States gay people do not have the same inheritance rights, do not have the same equal rights for custody and adoption of children, do not have the same spousal benefit rights, do not have the same testimonial privilege rights that heterosexual people have. Homosexuals are not allowed to serve in the military.

 

We are a state that believes in equal opportunity for equal people. Just as how you can't fire someone for a physiological attribute (i.e. MS, pregnancy, cancer, race or skin color), and how you can't fire someone for a religious conviction, you shouldn't be allowed to fire someone based on their sexuality, especially given the massive amounts of evidence showing that, in many many cases, sexuality is a trait and not a behavior.

 

Well said my friend.