"Equal Rights vs. Special Rights" The topics of the extent a homosexuals civil rights should be stated has become a topic in congress

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Amy Stephens

Sociology

November 11, 2005

“Equal Rights vs. Special Rights”

The topics of the extent a homosexuals civil rights should be stated has become a topic in congress more so than ever. The civil rights preventing a person from being fired from a job for being gay and the right of an apartment owner to deny a person from renting from them for being a homosexual has been heated arguments for years now. There are not many public “facts” on these topics but the truth is, that to make a decision on these topics you have to look inside yourself and search your own beliefs and morals. At the employment nondiscrimination act for senates on September 9, 1996, representatives from all the states got together to discuss these topics and then vote on whether to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Some people might agree with a known republican from the state of Rhode Island, Mr.  Chafee, that the only factor that should be considered in the work place is the ability of an employee or potential employee to do the job at hand.  Since Sexual orientation, like race or ethnicity, has nothing to do with the job ability, it seems that it has no place as a basis for discrimination.  

I am sure that everyone has heard the arguments about whether or not people who are homosexuals are born that way or if it is a behavior in which ...

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