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Originally Posted by thefinalsay
I told you, I have always lived in at will states. please read for youself what you employment rights are.
just a questioin. I bet no one can come up with a single right that a straight person has that a gay person does not. the marriage argument doesn't work. gays have the same rights as straight people when it comes to marriage.
You need to define "rights". I just looked up "right" on dictionary.com. There are 62 definitions for the word:
Are either of these rights? No, and kudos to organizations for having standards. Not everyone agrees with these behaviors.
These organizations should not have the right to define standards of discrimination. Besides, the standards they are using are based on stereotypical behaviours associated with gays, not the actual behaviour of the individual. Look into the reasons why said organizations do not allow gays in.
Plus i thought the don't ask don't tell policy was still valid. If so, it is allowing gays in the military, they just want you to be closeted and not talk about it.
Last edited by mississauga75; 05-01-2009 at 01:43 PM..
It's not about legalizing same-sex marriage just for gay people, it's about legalizing it for everyone. That's why it's more accurate to refer to "same-sex marriage", not "gay marriage". You don't have to be gay to participate in a same-sex marriage just as you don't have to be straight to participate in an opposite-sex marriage.
It's not a big issue for me, but I just wanted to add my thoughts.
One thing really does irk me, however: Gay men are banned for life from donating blood. Actually, any male who has had sex with another male since 1977 is banned for life from donating blood. This tells me that either:
1. They're not really screening and testing the blood supply, as they say they are, or
2. It's just pure discrimination against homosexual and bisexual males.
Or maybe it's both.
Apparently, if you're heterosexual, it's okay if you've had 1000 sex partners in the last few months; your blood is still acceptable; but if you're a man who has had just one male sex partner since 1977, you're tainted, and your blood is considered dirty.
Interesting.. the only thing in the blood I can think of objectively is an increased rate of HIV+ males in the gay community - which is still a minority. They can do a 5 minute hiv test that is very accurate and they can perform it on everyone so I don't see the point of it. However I agree with you - it is discriminatory!
Plus i thought the don't ask don't tell policy was still valid. If so, it is allowing gays in the military, they just want you to be closeted and not talk about it.
Exactly, and in some ways, I think DADT is worse than banning gays altogether. There's no other personal characteristic you're forced to hide in the military. For example, there are undoubtedly people in the military who are anti-Jew, but Jews aren't forced to conceal their religion.
It's a silly law, really, because it's not that difficult to figure out if a guy or girl is gay when you live and work with them 24 hours a day.
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