The document discusses societal discrimination against homosexuals and how it leads to higher rates of suicide, depression, and other issues among LGBT youth. While homosexuality exists in nature, religious teachings remain an obstacle to acceptance. For a just world with freedom from suffering, respect and acceptance must be given to all regardless of sexual orientation.
The document discusses societal discrimination against homosexuals and how it leads to higher rates of suicide, depression, and other issues among LGBT youth. While homosexuality exists in nature, religious teachings remain an obstacle to acceptance. For a just world with freedom from suffering, respect and acceptance must be given to all regardless of sexual orientation.
The document discusses societal discrimination against homosexuals and how it leads to higher rates of suicide, depression, and other issues among LGBT youth. While homosexuality exists in nature, religious teachings remain an obstacle to acceptance. For a just world with freedom from suffering, respect and acceptance must be given to all regardless of sexual orientation.
The document discusses societal discrimination against homosexuals and how it leads to higher rates of suicide, depression, and other issues among LGBT youth. While homosexuality exists in nature, religious teachings remain an obstacle to acceptance. For a just world with freedom from suffering, respect and acceptance must be given to all regardless of sexual orientation.
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Kate Marie Buencochillo 10A Societal discrimination of gays is most
likely to cause suicidal attempts, depression, End to Homosexual Injustice fear and other negative consequences as In a world where our rights are protected suggested by a 1989 study by the U.S. by law, there remains one major issue of Department of Health and Human Services. discrimination that needs to be addressed - The increasing rates of suicides among LGBT homosexuality. Homosexuality is the state of Youth has less to do with their sexual being sexually attracted to persons of the same orientation, but everything to do with the unjust sex. The prevalent question now is: Is it really societal responses they face everyday. against the natural order of things or just Bullying and harassment are two of the most deemed unacceptable because it does not emotionally driven and pervasive issues that conform to the social norm? The presence of isolate gays from family and peers. This homosexuals in society is an undeniable truth abandons them from their loved ones and may and consequently, people must learn to accept result to severe psychological problems. and embrace their uniqueness. Although the existence of homosexuals To those who think that homosexuality should be respected, the fundamental is a choice, a case study has revealed that teachings of the Church remain to be its people are inherently homosexual and it is not biggest adversary. The rejection of directly rooted in external influences but rather homosexual behavior is clearly depicted in develops independently in oneself. Moreover, it God’s destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is obviously unjust to judge someone on caused by their immoral and unnatural acts of something they have no control over. With all lust. The divine law is therefore violated and the pressure society exerts, choosing to until now, it continues to be an endless dispute become a homosexual sounds completely between the LGBT community and the Church. ridiculous. Homosexuality is a pressing reality that Gender stereotyping contradicts to the can no longer be left unresolved. In order for law that every person is free to express the world to be completely free from sufferings himself. Since the beginning of history, and injustice, respect and acceptance must homosexuality was considered unlawful not transcend among all corners of the earth, until the advent of democracy has triggered regardless of sexual preference or orientation. activists to campaign for respect and equality Sources: among all sexes. While countries like Russia still support anti-gay laws, one must note that www2.ucsc.edu/visionaryvoices/Oakes/Lydia_ as homosexuality continues to be a Essay.html stereotyped lifestyle, more conflicts will stem www.essaylib.com/blog/examples/essays-on- forth and further lead to an inevitable divide gays-rights.html among different sexual preferences. www.psychalive.org/the-link-between-lgbt- youth-bullying-and-suicide/.html http://www.catholic.com/tracts/homosexuality