Article Name: Some gays oppose bill to prohibit bias on job
This was an interesting article to me! I have talked about gay rights before on my first blog, and now I am going to do it again. To me this is an important issue that needs to be talked about, we have no right to stereotype people as different because they are not like others, and we have no right to be prejudice towards them because we don’t agree with who they are. This article was interesting to me because when I have talked about gay and lesbian rights I never thought about transsexual people. To me we have no right to discriminate against one group. I think that it is interesting that Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass said, “What I have learned in the past month was that we weren't yet at the point where we could wish away this prejudice, against transgender people”. (Seattle Time Article) What I learned about Frank is that he is a gay man; to me I think that he should be one that would want to fit this battle for the transgender people, because he knows how it feels to have people judge him and stereotype him. I don’t think that we will ever be at a point where we will be able to “wish away” prejudice acts. I think that there will always be someone who will be prejudice towards someone because they are gay, lesbian, or transgender, but to me they are people just like anyone else. I just don’t understand why someone should have to worry about losing their job because of who they are. I think that it is wrong that in 31 states they can still fire someone because they are gay, lesbian, or transgender.
To me these are people just like you and me are, they are doing us no harm, but yet we feel that we should be allowed to fire them because we don’t like their way of living and who they love. I ask you this, if the ways were switched and you had to worry everyday that your boss could come in because he found out you were in a heterosexual relationship and he had the right to fire you over this how would feel? Would you worry every time you saw your boss? Would you wonder why it is that people treat you the way they do, and look down on you because of the person you are? I know that I would be worried, so why should we do this to others. They are people just like you or me, and they deserve the up most respect just like anyone else.
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4 comments:
I agree with you that regardless of whether a person is gay or straight they definitely have their own choices and are people just the same. It's troubling to think that despite the many people that do think the same of people regardless of "differences", it does seem like there's always that stray ignorant person who makes it a big deal when people don't conform.
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I agree with the comments quoted in the article that waiting for the "all or nothing" decision would just be a step back. With this bill passing it is only another foot forward, eventually allowing the transsexuals to follow in them. I agree with Michelle that allowing a person to keep their job based on their lifestyle and sexual preference is absurd. We are all judged everyday, our weight, our looks, and our education, how we dress, whom we are with, that’s life. However, to use our choices against us, or to be fired from a job is pointless. Being gay, straight, white, black, Asian, male or female, does not imply your work ethic or job skills. There will never be overall fairness for everyone, but as long as we are always trying to reach this goal, our world will be a better place.
It is tough to say that if the roles where switched, how would we think. That is very interesting but hard for most of us U.S. citizens to do. You never really know what you have until you lose it. This is how it would be if the roles where switched on gays and transsexuals vs. straight people. I think that you prove a great point that we should treat each other with respect not just depending on what we believe and do. That is what is supposed to set this country apart from the rest of the world. "The land of the Free." This saying says that we can practice what we want without anyone interrupting our freedoms. (119)
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