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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I don't usually participate in these discussions because they become strident and divisive so quickly, but I'm going to make a stab at it. Rather than discussing 'Gay Rights', let's assume we're talking about the rights of Purple People. Is it just to say that just because a person is purple, they may not hold certain jobs, or use certain public facilities, or have equal protection under that law? Is it just to make laws that say that because a person is purple they must be kept separate from the rest of society and only have some of the rights and privileges the rest of the people in society have come to expect? Before you answer the questions I've asked above, substitute for the word 'purple', any and all of the following: 'women', 'black', 'children', 'men', 'hispanic', etc. I believe that none of these is just. The purple people deserver the same rights and privileges as everyone merely because they are human. Basically we are asking the same question that has already been asked. Can we divide society into different groups for the purpose of oppressing some of the people in society? The answer to that question is always 'NO!' Any time one group of people tries to create prejudice against another group of people, it is done in an attempt to control all the people, not just those against whom the prejudice is fostered. We must eliminate all forms of prejudice if we are to end oppression. Any time one group of people is oppressed, whether they be purple, black, yellow, white, red, brown, male, female, old, young, etc. it requires the efforts of the rest of society to oppress them. It takes away from society not only the abilities of the oppressed, but also of the oppressors and overall subtracts from society. I hope this helps you understand a little bit of why many people feel it is wrong to remove the rights of any group of people just because they happen to be purple. . -- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful. [url=http://www.hyperbole-software.com/] [img]http://www.hyperbole-software.com/ozone/hyperbole-88x33.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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