Sixty years ago the United States was stuck in a state of inequality and turmoil. Streets all over America were filled with people fighting for the rights they were denied for hundreds of years. Today we can see a similar sight throughout the streets of America. Now, instead of racial rights the fight is equality for same-sex couples. Same sex-couples should be able to live in a nation where their natural rights are protected. Although it has been argued that members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community should not be granted certain rights, they do not deserve to keep suffering discrimination because everyone should be allowed their natural civil rights. Additionally, a few months ago the LGBT community won a huge battle, same-sex marriage is now legal all over the United States. It was the news many LGBT community members had been waiting for. Yet, some places and states are still very reluctant to follow this law that was ruled by the Supreme Court. It has been shown in numerous states where there are cases of people still refusing to give licenses to same-sex couples. Not much has been done to stop this though; most of the people denying the couples their marriage …show more content…
In some places scattered across the United States discrimination towards jobs just for being homosexual is still a possibility. People try hard to hide their personal lives in fear of being fired or denied a job due to their lifestyle. Although there are laws in place to protect people’s rights when it comes to job interview processes, employers can easily find ways around it. This makes denying someone the job based on their lifestyle not that hard of a process. This is similar to what African Americans went through years ago in the United Sates. Many people wouldn’t hire African Americans just because of their skin color, much like how some employers won’t hire homosexuals because of their