Essays on Homosexuality Page 3

In the United States of America, the Declaration of Independence affords every citizen the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Amidst a vast document declaring sovereignty, these are unalienable rights with the purpose of allowing true freedom. To be more specific, The United States court has also acknowledged marriage to be a…

Since the ratification of the United Nations charter on October 24, 19451, the formation of Amnesty International in 19612, and the creation of the Human Rights Campaign in 19803, groups and organizations like these have strove, and continue to strive, to protect the “equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family” (“The…

A community is often times at its best when all of the members within it are accepting of one another, and are working together as one for the betterment of the community. Unfortunately this scenario rarely plays out in real life, as there are always groups of people within a community that are not as…

The gay rights movement has taken many shapes and forms in the past 60 years. Equal rights for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) such as marriage, military identity and bullying have become the most important issues of the movement. For years the LGBT community has been turned away from blood banks, asked to keep their…

What is Human Rights? According to Merriam Webster, “human rights regarded as belonging fundamentally to all persons.” Can one tell individuals of the same sex they cannot be together? Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders (LGBT) are normal just like us. Heterosexuals are not entitled to judge them. Everybody wants to be loved by someone and…

Social justice is one of those flexible terms whose definition is not easy. It all starts with the assumption that in a society people must be equal in an institutional and value system that can include more and more people. Subsequently, individual freedoms, endowed with the freedoms given from the government, include civil and political…