Alternative Lifestyle: Gays and Lesbians

     Gays and lesbians have been and are still being treated unfair by people all over the country. I believe that gays and lesbians should have the same rights as everyone else. I don't completely support the gay lifestyle but i still think that they should be treated fairly. Gays are made fun of everyday. People are saying discriminatory things about them every time they call something or somebody gay.
     I believe that gays should have the right to get married. Not everybody believes that people of the same-sex should get married, but i believe that everyone should be able to marry someone, no matter what their sexual orientation is. They should also be able to get married in any state just like people who believe that people of the opposite sex should get married. There are only five states that allow same-sex marriage: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.
     Gays are economically impacted just for being with someone of the same sex. Gays can potentially lose their home form medical expenses of one partner taking care of an ill one. They are given higher taxes; unlike a company contribution to an employee's spouse's health insurance, a gay's domestic partner is taxed additional compensation. Higher healthe costs, because they have lack of insurance and preventative health care. None of this is right, they should be given the same economic rights as everybody else.
     Gays also experience health problems. When gays are made fun of or made the targets of violence it creates psychological health problems. When gays are constantly being bullied or abused they might committ suicide or end up being murdered. Gays are attacked, shunned, rejected, and insulted. All of these things will mentally scar them for the rest of their lives. They also experience physical health problems. When more states started banning same-sex marriage, HIV increased.
     Gays also face problems in getting jobs. Gays cannot be in the military; if someone is asked if they are gay they have to answer, if they answer yes then they are kicked out of the military or told that they cannot join. People might also discriminate in hiring people that are gay.
     Gays should not go through any of the things that I stated. I believe that they should be treated equally and fair. Gay discrimination needs to stop.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States