Photo by Michael Conroy
Living in a democracy, equal rights has always been seen as entitlement to everyone. Now I’m beginning to feel that people think equal rights are a privilege which are not granted onto everyone. This is a way of dehumanizing those whom are discriminated against and although we have laws in place to stop this, there are still things being done to enforce it. There are 37 states with legal gay marriage. At the same time there are also 13 states with same-sex marriage bans. Even though the solution may seem obvious to myself and others who would agree that same-sex marriage should be legal, the topic wouldn’t be so controversial without a strong opposing force. This picture is just an example of the current controversy, whether people should be allowed to deny service to those who are openly gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual. Growing up none of us thought about who was allowed to marry who, we would each fall in love, get married, and have kids. The truth of the matter is that we probably all still plan to do that, but the cookie cutter format has changed, and will continue changing whether those opposing accept it or not.
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