Neighborhood Ministries

I feel that everyone should be treated equal and no one should be discriminated against for any reason, but there is no proof they have ever been discriminated against. Gays are not a class who have faced widespread discrimination and need special privileges to catch up like women and Blacks. First, Gays on average have more money and sit in more seats of power than the average heterosexual. Often the fathers in rich families are absent frequently on business or emotionally distant and children are boarded in boys and girls schools accounting for the high prevalence of homosexuality among the rich so there is no evidence of discrimination as a class. Second, unlike Blacks and women, Gays have no physical characteristic that identifies them. The average person who is Gay looks and acts no different then heterosexuals do in public. You would not know they are Gay unless they choose to publicly identify themselves as Gay or flaunt their sexual activities in public, so they would not face discrimination unless they publicly identify themselves. Thus, while they should not be discriminated against for being Gay, they invite discrimination by identifying themselves as being Gay. They control the way they act in public so their decisions determine whether they will face discrimination. With Blacks and women, it is hard to hide the fact that they are Black or a woman and they have often been discriminated against through no fault of their own. They are discriminated against for something beyond their control, not because of the choices they make. Homosexuals say they can not change, but many do. Blacks and women can not change the fact that they are a woman or are Black. In addition, since Gays have no physical characteristic that proves they are Gay, anyone can claim he is Gay and demand special treatment opening any law against discrimination to widespread abuse.