LGBT People Should Have Equal Rights

Con seems to be under the impression that I don't understand the hatred and violence towards people in other parts of the world. The death, desimbodiment, and the torture that people from other cultures face on a daily bases. The blood thirsty genocide that has run rampant, and left pieces of innoccent life thrown over the dirt like fertilizer. However, I know of the violence and brutality that is happening to people who live in true inequality. The wrongness of those crimes are evident in themselves and I agree they are more dire than marriage or housing rights. They of course deserve more attention than the LGBT community here in America. It has been that case for many years. Minorities of religion, sexuality, and gender face much larger challenges in other parts of the world. My argument however is that even the smallest amount of inequality based on sexual orientation is unjust. I apply this statement to any part of the world where any person is not granted the same rights as a person with the same gender based on a trivial thing such as sexuality. Con states that you need to fight for what you believe in, again I do not have, nor ever stated arguments against this. Many people gave up their lives for the causes they believed in to get their rights. Con has posted many examples of this and again I acknowledge that the LGBT community needs to stand up and fight any issues of inequality that still remain. However there are many, many organizations fighting for the LGBT community. All you need to do is look at the Stone Wall riots of 1969 to see that LGBT community has been fighting for its rights. Other organizations fighting in the LGBT communities interest: "http://www.hrc.org... "http://www.lalgbtcenter.org... "http://www.milkclub.org... "http://www.logcabin.org... In regards to the lack of knowledge of LGBT "inequality". I don't mean to stand here and say to you LGBT community members are being dehumizaied and left dead in the streets. I understand full well the LGBT community has made great strides to change the inequalites that faced them. Without the work of the LGBT community gay marriage would not be as accepted state-wide, and adoption would not be possible. However, I still say to you there are other inequalities that still exist today. What inequalities you ask? For starts the Fair Housing Act does not cover protection against discriminating based on sexual orientation. "(Source: http://portal.hud.gov...) What does this mean? It means landlords can legally not allow an LGBT person to rent or buy a house simply based on the their sexual orientation. This also means LGBT people do not have protection from eviction based on discrimination. LGBT people also do not have protection against workplace discrimination the private sector. (Source: http://www.nolo.com...) The ENDA act in favor of protecting LGBT people from discrimination has been trying to pass for years but has been shut down each and every time. ( https://www.congress.gov...). Do you still deny the LGBT community faces no inequality in this country? Closing Argument: I would like to bring this debate back to its original topic. People deserve equal rights regardless of sexual orientation. That is a simple idea. There is not logical reason to deny a man a right given to another man based on the fact that they are gay. It is unethical and immoral. That is my argument and that is why giving straight and gay men and women the same rights as eachother is the right thing to do. Do you deny this? Is your argument against equality? I agree that it is impossible to have a utopian like equality that is not what i am arguing for. My argument is if a man has a right all men should have the same right and if a woman has a right all women should have the same right. Unless there is a way you can prove that LGBT people don't deserve equality than there is no reason they should not have equal rights.