do you think gay people should have rights like straight people?

Question

should they have marriage rights and adoption rights? i think they should. hello they are humans just like us!!!

Answer 1

We totally deserve our rights. Because you're right, we're humans like you. Even animals have rights, don't you think we deserve some too?

Answer 2

There will never be equal marriage rights between straight and gay people until orientation is factored into the equation when wording laws. It isn't right now. What is happening is a push to make laws to deny rights based solely upon orientation, and that is something I find really, really sad. Not since segregation was abolished has any group of Americans been singled out with specific purpose of creating a second class of citizen. I might be wrong but I thought that was unconstitutional. As far as I know nowhere in any document does it say "except the homosexuals".

Answer 3

Gay, straight, lesbian, transgendered, whatever... WE ARE ALL HUMANS. WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES.

So, yes. We are all the same. We all feel, think, breath, talk, love, laugh, etc. People who think [that giving GLBT folk these rights will corrupt the world] better start opening their eyes. It's only becoming corrupted because of how they treat OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. Whether it be on the topic of marriage, adoption, or any rights for any people.

Answer 4

Personally I don't care if my union is or is not sanctified by any church. I don't need some wo/man in a frock sprinkling holy water on me and my partner and giving us his blessing and the blessing of God. God knows what the score is.

As for LEGAL rights extended by the government (joint tax filing, right of visitation, power of attorney, etc.) yes, my partner and I deserve those rights as much as any non-gay person. And please don't start with me about the 'impermanence of a gay union.' There are a LOT of longtime, gay unions out there that have weathered the test of time, and it's not like the non-gays are doing such a bang-up job of 'preserving the sanctity of marriage.'

What I find somewhat interesting is that with as many disadvantaged children that we have in the world, I sense that the LGBTQ community shoulders a lot of the burden of caring for these little fringes of society who so desperately need a good home, love and compassion. I know there are non-gays who adopt mentally and physically challenged kids as well so this isn't an exclusively LGBTQ behavior. I don't see many of the most vocal and vitriolic of our opposition stepping up to the plate and making good on their "deep Christian faith" by taking in one or two disadvantaged kids...

Answer 5

I agree. Anyone that loves someone else, should be granted the same rights as those that society sees as ''normal''.

As far as adoption...any loving caring person or couple that is willing to take a child into their home to offer a better life and a family, should be allowed to adopt. There is no evidence to suggest that heterosexual couples or people make better parents than same sex couples or people.



Apparently BOBBY JIM lives in a fantasy world. We are not given the same rights...I can not get married or have a union...it IS illegal where I live....I can NOT adopt, again..ILLEGAL where I live.... And it seems that IGNORANCE is still BLISS!!

Answer 6

I hate when people compare gay people to child molesters and rapists. UGH! Huge difference, people...gay people aren't hurting anyone. They are not inflicting on anyone else's happiness by their actions.
Of course they should have the same rights as everyone else, even w/adoption. Who's to say two gay people wouldn't raise a perfectly healthy, well-rounded child? As long as there is love between them, it's all good. It's not like straight people are setting the bar very high. What's our divorce rate nowadays???

Answer 7

Yes. If two people want to make a commit to love each other in a legal union, it should be allowed. If people want to offer a home to children and take on the responsibility of loving and raising them, they should be allowed to. We have so many homeless children...it's a shame to let them continue that way simply because we don't like who so and so is sleeping with. Being a good person is not dependent on if you are straight or gay. Isn't it much more important to judge a person based on what's in his/her heart and abilities than what sex they perfer to sleep with?

Answer 8

I'm on the fence about marriage, I always have been. I don't think it necessary, gay or straight, to have a piece of paper declaring your love for someone, love that you already know is there.

Adoption, I'm all for it. IVF for single women and lesbians? I'm all for it. Times are changing, however slowly, and we should be thankful that we're not living in an age where being gay gets us killed, accused of witch-craft or cast out entirely. Sure, there is still a long and rocky road ahead of us, but I think we're growing in leaps and bounds.

Answer 9

Yes, I agree with you. We should all have the same rights, Being gay is not Immoral or anything, so I don't know why there is such a big fuss. Although in the bible it says being gay is an abomination, the government can't use that as a n excuse because they have disobeyed the bible before.

Answer 10

Gay people already have all the same rights as straight people. Since you cite two issues in question, adoption rights have long been extended to gays.

Gays can also bond, fall in love, commit to one another in a monogamous relationship and live happily ever after. They can celebrate their love in a unity ceremony, which is even provided by many churches.

The use of the word "marriage" is by definition of the society in which they live. Generally, in Western Culture, it means an opposite-gender-relationship. Already gay-rights lobbyists are trying to police people's thinking, and require that the majority bend to the minority view. But, that's not how democracy works. And if the minority view takes precedence?
Welcome to apartheid.