Gay people should be allowed to get married. Just because somebody's gay doesn't mean he shouldn't suffer like the rest of us. -- Jeff Shaw

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Gay people should be allowed to get married. Just because somebody's gay doesn't mean he shouldn't suffer like the rest of us. 
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Prejudice has accompanied the human race throughout time and history. Sex, race, religion are things that have been used to justify this hatred in the past and out history books prove witness to this practice. The new fad is to discriminate against homosexuality simply because women won’t take the prejudice anymore, racism is passé and religion is too touchy. So, now we start discrimination against gays. As a society, we tend to have too much time on our hands for such things. Isn’t it odd that we now eat frozen dinners because we don’t have enough time to cook in our busy schedules but we find plenty of time to gossip about whether Adam sleeps with Eve or Steve?  

In today’s society people treat homosexuality as if it’s a disease. However, it’s not like we can call in at work and say, “Sorry! Can’t come to work today . . . I feel queer”. Homosexuality shouldn’t be used as a means to deny people rights for doing so is just as ridiculous as denying someone a job because they are black. However the issue is just as serous as racism and people need to start taking notice and action.

What does freedom mean to you? Some people think that freedom is to saying or doing anything you want with out any repercussions. Ok, that’s true to a certain degree . . . I mean, there are several ethical limitations to freedom such as murder or abuse. For example, you don’t have the freedom to go out there and shoot someone you don’t like and not get arrested for it. Likewise, our government might now put limitations on homosexuality and not allow gays to get married.

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If this were the same circumstance but involving blacks, it would be racist; if it were involving women, it would be sexism and if it was involving a Jew, it would be Anti-Semitism. All those victims owudl be protected by the law but the law refused to protect homosexuality. Why? Are they not humans like us? Do they not eat the same food we do? Do they not breathe the same air we do? Do they not love others like we do? So, why does the so-called opening minded North American community deny gays their rights?

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