This firing is legal for private institutions in Iowa. Which is beside the point. The point is, somehow our society still tolerates discrimination based on sexual orientation.
It took a very long time, but America finally figured out that it was wrong to discriminate based on gender and race. Of course, it still occurs, but it isn't socially acceptable. And as we go through future generations, that discrimination will occur less and less.
While great strides have been made to stop discrimination against gays, there is a very long way to go. This is evidenced not only by this high school's action, but by some of the support they got for it. I consider some of these supporters to be level-headed people. What do I see that they don't?
Here it is: They, like so many others, do not understand or accept that being gay is not a choice. That's really all there is to it. If you accept that people's sexual orientation is who they are, in the same way that gender or race are a given, then the discrimination becomes obvious -- and embarrassing, and infuriating, etc.
One day soon, society will not tolerate what went on at this high school and elsewhere. We won't consider protections for sexual orientation to be 'special rights' or otherwise. We'll look back and ask how any of this could have happened as late as 2015.
In the meantime, let's hope people figure out that it's wrong to be unfair to others who are born a certain way.
It took a very long time, but America finally figured out that it was wrong to discriminate based on gender and race. Of course, it still occurs, but it isn't socially acceptable. And as we go through future generations, that discrimination will occur less and less.
While great strides have been made to stop discrimination against gays, there is a very long way to go. This is evidenced not only by this high school's action, but by some of the support they got for it. I consider some of these supporters to be level-headed people. What do I see that they don't?
Here it is: They, like so many others, do not understand or accept that being gay is not a choice. That's really all there is to it. If you accept that people's sexual orientation is who they are, in the same way that gender or race are a given, then the discrimination becomes obvious -- and embarrassing, and infuriating, etc.
One day soon, society will not tolerate what went on at this high school and elsewhere. We won't consider protections for sexual orientation to be 'special rights' or otherwise. We'll look back and ask how any of this could have happened as late as 2015.
In the meantime, let's hope people figure out that it's wrong to be unfair to others who are born a certain way.
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