Gay marriage not a civil rights issue

R oughly half of Americans think federal law bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Despite four years of nationwide same-sex marriage, despite rapidly growing cultural acceptance for LGBTQ people, despite extensive annual Pride celebrations—these Americans are wrong. In the spring, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, a sweeping bill that would prohibit anti-LGBTQ discrimination in all aspects of public and commercial life, without any religious exemptions. In the fall, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case R.

The debate over same-sex marriage has not been settled in this country. Instead, the militant homosexual lobby has simply declared that the debate is over and is trying to shut down conversation. The manner in which they are bullying their opposition into silence is by pushing the idea of homosexual marriage as a "civil right. Of course, if one admits that homosexual marriage is a "civil right", then to deny the legitimacy of same-sex marriage puts one in the same category as racists who would deny blacks the right to vote - and as we will see, advocates of same-sex marriage are pushing comparisons to the old Jim Crow laws against race mixing to frighten their opponents into silence. In this article, we will examine why homosexual marriage is in no way a "civil right.

There are many ways to define government oppression of its citizens, and certainly many examples of it in U. And no doubt some government impositions on individual freedom have been broader than others or have had more widespread and deadlier consequences. The gay rights movement has made enormous strides over the past few decades, and the recent surge in public support for the once unthinkable concept of same-sex marriage reflects this quite radical shift in American culture. Homosexuality and support for the rights of gay and lesbian Americans are now widely accepted, even among Republicans, and a large majority of Americans say they know someone who is gay.

Why gay marriage is a civil rights issue. By Sherry Wolf April 23, Page 7. WHEN THE California Supreme Court struck down that state's ban on interracial marriage in , 48 states prohibited Blacks and whites from marrying, and nine out of 10 Americans opposed interracial marriage.