Homosexuality: Easily Discriminated

Prompt: Human Rights v. Majority Rule

Human rights entitle us to have the basic rights and freedoms that include right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality of the law but in today’s society, many people let the majority rule that out. People included with the majority tend to judge people based on how they look, the way they dress, their religion, or a new issue that has come up within the past several years: homosexuality. Just because someone likes the same sex doesn’t mean that they aren’t entitled to these same rights; however, I do think that is it still ok for the majority to question it.

Since the issue that happened in Miami several years ago where public employment discrimination was trying to be abolished rapidly spread. People of the gay community weren’t hiding their decisions and without behaving out of the ordinary, the public could have knowledge of their sexual preference. With the majority being against homosexuality, could this decrease their chances of getting a job? I don’t think it should. If a homosexual is qualified and wants to teach elementary school then they should be able to. As long as the teacher sticks to the curriculum and doesn’t get the kids involved in their outside life, there shouldn’t be any problem. With the kids being so young, they probably wouldn’t know the difference anyway. They are usually more worried about when it’s time to play or to eat lunch.

Like many others, I have the attitude towards homosexuals that if they don’t bother me, then everything is fine. Although I was brought up that homosexuality is a sin, I don’t like to judge someone just because of their sexual preferences or anything else for that matter. I actually have some gay friends and even gay people in my family. I still love them and accept them for who they are even if I don’t necessarily agree with their lifestyles.

When human rights and majority rule clash, it often leaves people being judged and discriminated against. In the society that we live in today, many people ignore that everyone is entitled to human rights and tend to stick with the majority. I think it will always be a problem but maybe we can fix it by learning not to judge others because of their sexual preference and influence others not too as well.