What comes to your mind when hearing the word homosexual? Do you think of the stereotypes that society portrays into the people of our world's mind? Do you imagine a unhappy couple of the same sex? When you took Sexual Education your freshman year, did they teach you anything about sexual orientation? What if schools taught the idea of same-sex marriage being okay? Do you think our society would act different? Image Credit: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8768/17113823229_339edb20f1_o_d.jpg Asking the above questions was not to upset or make any individual feel guilty. Although, a quote from Brainy Quote by a man named John Ridley states "[g]ay marriage will be universally accepted in time," which gives our generation hope to one day see homosexuality as not being different, but being accepted no matter what your sexual orientation may be. Except many individuals who were born and raised apart of the "baby booming" generation would agree with Ridley's statement: "[j]ust as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned." With this strong quotation, our generation has a new style of sexual education to teach to not only adolescents, but even adults with not enough knowledge on how all humans should be treated equally. Civil rights are not just about race, culture, and religion, but also sexual orientation now plays a huge part in discrimination of today's society.
It's time that those who are educated on the truths about homosexuality should teach those who are not educated some common sense. Every human is the same, no matter what their ethnicity is, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities, etc. How do you think this country could grow as a whole in educating the society on the importance of treating the LGBTQ community as an equal community to those who are not apart of it?
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