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Why the disparity between public displays of affection for straights and gays? That’s the way it has always been. Most straight people to whom you point out the inequities will argue in their favor (for various reasons), but some may stop and realize they are bombarded with heterosexual imagery everywhere, in advertising, television, movies, in public, etc. That’s one of the reasons so many gay people have flocked to metropolitan areas with a gay population and gay bars, where they can feel free to express themselves emotionally and physically without fear of reprisal. As you learn more about gays and lesbians and the struggle for equality, you will come across many other inequities that don’t make logical sense. Some straight people are against listing ‘sexual orientation’ as a protected employment class like race, gender, age, religion or disability, mistakenly thinking it would only protect gays. Just the opposite: it is currently legal to fire someone for being straight, and a ‘sexual orientation’ protection clause would protect them, too. Marriage and benefits are another sore issue, with straights seeing marriage as a religious right reserved solely for them. What they fail to realize is that there are many benefits that come along with marriage that, because gays and lesbians are not permitted to wed the partner of their choice, gays are discriminatorially denied homosexuals. The federal government has identified more than 1,400 benefits exclusively available to married heterosexuals, including inheritance, medical decisions, naturalizing a foreign born spouse, adoption, etc.
New ground is being broken every day. Some steps are gained and others lost. I am hopeful that in my lifetime there will be no inequities based on who you love.
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