GLBT - the next civil rights movement?

United States
December 4, 2008 6:18pm CST
Do you believe that the GLBT community is creating the next civil rights movement? Or do you think that they already have equal civil rights? Or maybe you think that they don't deserve equal rights because they are gay? Tell me your thoughts!
2 responses
@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
5 Dec 08
Under the eyes of the law, an American citizen should have equal rights. That's the thing about America....
@vellibiz (297)
• United States
5 Dec 08
For those who dont know, in the state of california you cannot reverse the decison as it passed to amend the state constituiton to define marriage as man and woman, the way its been for more than 2,000 years. They can protest all they want but what they dont get is, it cant be over turned... unless voted unconstitutional, but they have already came to delcare that it abides by law. So theres no changing it. gays can still get married in other states though, please people do not compare this with the real civil rights era, as the two are uncomparable, blacks were fighting to drink out the same water fountain as whites then, i dont think there's fountains discriminating against homosexuals, and i havent seen a segragated school placing homosexuals in their own classes.
@vellibiz (297)
• United States
5 Dec 08
No because marriage was still considered a man and woman union.
@vellibiz (297)
• United States
5 Dec 08
maybe we should get rid of marriage and just use civil union what do you think of that?
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
5 Dec 08
Well I think they already have equal rights under the constitution. The only thing they don't have is government recognition of gay marriage. I really hope they manage to end the ban on gay marriage, but those jerks who are raiding churches and attacking elderly women are really hurting their cause. Violent protests aren't going to help them get their way. It will just turn more people against them.
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• United States
5 Dec 08
I agree with you on both things, although there are other things beyond the constitution that do (arguably) constrict their rights. I don't understand why anyone thinks that using violence for protest is productive whatsoever unless you are trying to start a war. As if Ghandi and MLK never existed and we have nothing to learn from them... oi vey.
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