(November 11, 2010 at 7:33 am)joshgold17 Wrote: so in 1960s america when white people got treated alot better had more rights and black people got treated worse and had less rights,would you say it would be ok if white people have a white pride march even though they were the majority and had more rights.I don't see how that is relevant. We don't live in 1960s America. It's not ok if some people have rights and other don't if that's what you mean.
Quote:i am not saying it is like 1960s for gays today but in america gays in most states can not get married,can not serve openly in the military(althouh i am not sure if its changed) can get fired for being gay in most states,gay teens are 4 times more likley to commit suicide,and gays are much more likley to be victim of hate crimes of straight people than staright people being the victim of hate crimes of gay people.All of which is completely irrelevant when talking about the issue at hand...which is whether straight people should be able to have "straight pride" marches. I say they should if they want to (whether they'd want to is a separate issue), because I believe that everyone should have equal rights. If we allow gay people to celebrate their sexuality, and not allow straight people to celebrate theirs, we are not fulfilling a commitment to equal rights.