Gayness, Multicultural Education and Community

Reflection~



i put this video because i know everyone has seen it and knows that saying the word gay out of context isn't right. so why keep saying it?

Quotes~

while reading Gayness, Multicultural Education and Community there were a couple quotes that stuck out to me...

"Father knows best"...."Knew their places."

does father really know best? Years ago it was said that being gay was a Disease. as years progressed it was more known and more accepted. it was stated in the essay

"In 1993, for example, the gay rights movement claimed a major victory in the signing into a lawof a Minnesota bill that makes it illegal to discriminate against lesbians and gay men in employment and housing."

In Baehr v. Lewin in that same year, three same-sex couples challenged the State of Hawaii's heterosexual-only marriage code...and won. The Hawaii Supreme Court declared that, barring a "compelling state interest," the State of Hawaii could not bar same-sex couples from marrying without violating its own equal protection statutes. The Hawaii state legislature soon amended the constitution to overrule the Court.
So began the national debate over same-sex marriage--and the pandering efforts of many state legislatures to ban it. Even President Clinton got in on the act, signing the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 to prevent any future hypothetical same-sex married couples from receiving federal benefits. more information on the website link http://civilliberty.about.com/od/gendersexuality/tp/History-Gay-Rights-Movement.htm

its definitely known that the thoughts of gay rights have changed drastically and more in formations on this and a timeline is on http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0761909.html

basically my point to this all is to say that gay rights have come from nothing and now is accepted and more known.