Richard Mohr On Gay Equality Analysis

“Homosexual” is a term that is more common in today’s society. This is a term meaning a girl or boy likes someone of the same sex. Homosexuals are often discriminated against similar to blacks in different slurs or physically damaged. Richard D. Mohr explains how gays are dealing with discrimination. A major point Mohr makes is that gays are discriminated against. Discrimination deals with unjust treatment of different people because of their race, sex or age. Discrimination of homosexuals is a reason the author argues that they are not able to live a full life. Focusing on sections three and four in the text consists of topics supporting the main point of discrimination. When it comes to discrimination and rape with gays it is said that …show more content…
Condemnation of gays can be religious. Most the time this happens when people of a church condemn gays in view of the fact that they do not agree with them, instead of showing them grace. People can disagree with homosexuality but not condemn the person for it. However, there is a debate that the Bible disagreeing with gays may be a quirk of history instead of a moral precept. The author makes a statement that “ Those who invoke religious sentiments for their attitudes toward gays, then, need to examine whether their religious beliefs are here not really a disguise for some animus for which they have no reasons”. In my opinion, people that do not agree with homosexuals on account of a religious stand point cannot condemn them and patronize them. Given that they are wanting a gay to live by the same morals they do they need to treat them with the same respect they would a non homosexual because if a person notices you being repulsive and saying hurtful words to someone just because you disagree with their way of life, it is not proceeding the person to want to live by the same morals and standards you do. Maybe homosexuals have not seen enough grace by religious people to want to be …show more content…
He raises some very good points about homosexuals being discriminated against. They are more so discriminated in as much of their social being then what they actually do. To the point people are taking advantage of it. For example, people murdering gays because they felt sexually threatened. That may be the case for some but its not for all. The article is acceptable because if raises quality points about the discrimination of gays. It tells of the different ways they are discriminated. I think it is acceptable that it shows people should not treat gays unjustly. The article is not only acceptable but persuasive. The reason owing to the fact it has evidence backing up the authors claims with statistics of different items dealing with homosexuals. Although a person may not agree with someone being gay, nevertheless they can still treat them as if they were a human and the same as the dominant culture. Since they are detecting humans that do not agree with them, treating them so harsh why would they want to be “normal”. Religious people how can you expect them to want to be Godly and follow your morals if you teat them so ugly and use hateful words? The article portrayed truth and acceptability making the words persuasive to the audience it was written