LGBT People Should Have Equal Rights

Pro: "Christians have the right to preach their beliefs and dislike any groups they wish." I don't particularly think that Christians in general "dislike" or hate people in the LGBT community. If the majority of Christians were as secularists try to convince themselves of, the 10 commandments would still be standing in public institutions, gay marriage would have never passed, secular people would be hard pressed to ever find friends, and blacks would not have equal rights. At the time of the Civil War, America was as close to 100% Christian as is reasonably possible and had a strong white majority. The racism and bigotry that some declare still strongly exists ignores a lot of facts to feed itself to make the psychology of it all well overexagerated. False Dichotomy by ommission of "Declared Bigotry"- Fact: The Civil War was fought by Christians against Christians. False Dichotomy by ommission of "Declared Racism"- Fact: The Civil War was fought by whites against whites. And... blacks had slaves. False Dichotomy by ommission of "Declared Sexism"- Fact: The victory for Women's rights was strongly influenced by men. https://www.nwhm.org... * Reality 101 There was a war and many movements for African Americans to get the right to be counted equal with Whites. There were many movements and protests over many, many years for women to get equal rights with men. Christians fought for the right to their beliefs and the simple right to exist. Quakers crossed the ocean to get to America for religious freedom. Early Christians throughout history and throughout the world were/are killed as amusement and were/are genocided for their beliefs. * Dictionary Definition- Deserve: "to have earned something" http://dictionary.cambridge.org... * With the fact that there are differing ideologies, opinions, beliefs, and political ideals, what is "moral", "correct", "good", "fair", etc is semantics. This is why we have an Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branch to vote and/or decide what rights people have. Thus, if the LGBT community feels that it is being treated with a sense of "lack of equal rights", it needs to arm up and represent itself as other groups do. http://www.diversitybestpractices.com... https://en.m.wikipedia.org... http://religionandpolitics.org... https://www.salsalabs.com... * The point? If you want something, go get it. (Fight for it-short video) http://youtu.be... (Matthew 7:7) "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you." * The point? If you do not fight, nothing will ever change. You want equality that you feel you are not receiving? March the Capital Building, campaign, become representatives, lawyers, and leaders. Shout out what you want. Demand what you think is right. Do whatever it takes, no matter what it takes. And...get help. There are millions upon millions of straight people, Christians, men, women who would stand with the LGBT community. But it will demand leadership and tremendous effort. (Support for Orlando-short video) http://youtu.be... (The U.S. shows support for Orlando-short video) http://youtu.be... * Dinesh D'souza and Jessie Jackson were once in a debate. In the debate Jackson spoke of the horrific racism in the United States today. When D'souza pointed out arguments contrary to Jackson's claim, Jackson said it was "unspoken racism". D'souza, who was of the same skin color as Jackson realized something in the debate. Jackson had been raised to feel this way. D'souza did not see it as racism because he was a foreigner. He had seen what racism really looks like. He said that Jackson was comparing America to a "Utopia" that did not and will not ever exist. D'souza was comparing America to other parts of the world that really exist. In my opinion Jackson had an overzealous version of the "racism" in the United States. Does serious racism exist here? Yes. From both sides, but not in the majority. This is what real persecution looks like. http://youtu.be... Here is a list of 10 countries where homosexuality is punishable by death. https://www.washingtonpost.com... * I make this point based on my lack of knowledge of the LGBT "inequality" because I'm not sure what the inequality is exactly. Is it a serious offense by the non-LGBT community, or is it a baseless claim? Here's what I do know. Gay marriage is legal in the U.S. Homosexuals can adopt children. They got these rights in a country where the majority of people are not LGBT.They received heavy support from Christians and secular straight people after the shooting in Orlando. http://www.lifelongadoptions.com... http://www.bbc.com...My point? How about giving the United States and Western society some credit. Only in this culture could we even have this discussion. The American non-LGBT community is not the enemy of the LGBT community. ISIS, nations under Sharia Law like Saudi Arabia where they administer beheadings, stoning and death for homosexuality, and the minority of the West who literally hate based on sexual preferences are the enemy. Christianity is not the "great enemy" of the LGBT community. As Richard Dawkins, Atheist author once said,"The decline of Christianity is a conflicting thing for me because it may be a defense against something worse."* So...If the LGBT community needs us to do something: 1)They have to let it be known what it is exactly they need or feel slighted on. 2)Work with us on the Conservative side to protect this country from those who want to kill LGBT's, Christians, Atheists, and Agnostics, and help us stop the unvetted flow of people into this country who want to kill all of us. Allow us to monitor who is coming here and see if they come from "danger nations" that are incompatable with democracy and secularized law meant to work for the good of all. In this debate we are yet to adrress what the inequality towards the LGBT community actually is.