Gay marriage is doubly protected. Isn’t it time to end the oppression narrative?
by John Skalko, MercatorNet:
The African American population has suffered horrifically worse atrocities than people living with same-sex attraction in the United States. Before the Civil War they were considered to be personal property with no rights, not even marital. As William Goodell wrote regarding the American Slave Code in 1853:
The slave has no rights. Of course, he or she cannot have the rights of a husband, a wife. The slave is a chattel, and chattels do not marry. ‘The slave is not ranked among sentient beings, but among things;’ and things are not married.
Even after the abolition of slavery, discrimination continued. When Martin Luther King, Jr. marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, he and the marchers were met with tear gas, whips, and billy clubs by police.
So who has suffered more historically – gay and lesbian Americans or African Americans?
[…] According to the 2020 US Census, “Overall, same-sex married couples had a higher median household income than opposite-sex married couples.” The Census also found that more same-sex couples had at least a bachelor’s degree in comparison with other couples.
Same-sex married couples experienced lower rates of poverty than did opposite-sex married couples. Overall, same-sex married couples in general enjoy higher income, higher educational status, and lower poverty rates than opposite-sex married couples.
In terms of the law, LGB folks have a plethora of legal protections. Twenty-three states plus the District of Columbia have laws prohibiting discrimination based upon sexual orientation in the realms of housing and employment. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The 2020 Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County declared that Title VII of the Civil Rights acts includes sexual orientation under workplace protections prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.
The 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision declared that bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional. In at least 35 states plus DC gay marriage is protected by law or court ruling. With the recently passed The Respect for Marriage Act, gay marriage is triply protected.
Furthermore …
Whenever a gay or lesbian individual is fired, fury erupts in the media. If a business refuses to fly the rainbow flag it faces a public backlash. The American flag can be burned in public, but burning the rainbow flag can result in a prison sentence.
Public disagreement with LGB orthodoxy can get an employee fired. Instances of discrimination, harassment, and firing against individuals who publicly or even privately express disapproval with gay marriage or homoerotic relations are seemingly endless. For a brief list just google these names: Lindsey Barr, Peter Vidala, Kenneth Howell, Atlanta Fire Chief Kevin Cochran, Nelli Parisenkova, Steve and Bridget Tennes, or Jaelene Daniels.
Cancel culture protects persons with same-sex attraction and persecutes heretics.
Add to that the incongruity between cancel culture’s treatment of killers and its treatment of those who say bad words against people with a certain sexual orientation. As Dave Chapelle pointed out regarding American rapper DaBaby:
He’s a wild guy. He once shot a n****r and killed him. In Walmart. Oh, this is true. Google it. …Nothing bad happened to his career. Do you see where I’m going with this? In our country, you can shoot and kill a n****r, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings!
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