Yes, they are absolutely a civil rights issue. All people should be treated equally under the law.
Yes, gay rights are a form of civil rights.
Yes, gay marriage is a civil issue.
It is a civil rights movement.
The difference is that most of the opposition to gay rights believes being gay is a choice (and a bad one at that). No one in the racial civil rights era believed being Black was a choice.
They were two branches of the Civil Rights Movement
Rights for the elderly, rights for americans with disabilites, rights for Gay americans
The language of the civil rights movement has been used to fight the opposition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. The civil rights movement did not directly affect the gay rights movement, but it did influence some on how they could make their secret open and accepted by others. This eventually became known as Gay Liberation. It may sound similar to Women Liberation, the movement where women wanted rights to vote, get abortions, and have the same pay as men. Another term, Gay Power, originally came from the term Black Power which was part of the civil rights movement.
It varies by state.
Denying basic civil rights to gay people does not add anything to the public good. However, extending equal civil rights to everyone improves the quality of life for all.
He is against gay civil partnerships because they are not equal to marriage. Equal rights means full marriage for all gay people, and Barack Obama supports this idea.
Yes. journalism has always helped the cause of civil rights, but educating the public.
If you are gay or lesbian, then your own civil rights are important to you and have a big impact on your life. They may be critical for your finances, health, housing and family. If neither you, nor anyone in your family, nor any of your friends or neighbors are gay, then LGBT civil rights are not likely to have any impact on your daily life.
I think a neat question to ask about the civil rights movements would be to ask how the gay rights movement in the 21st century can be compared to the movement for racial equality in the 20th century.
Well, that would be pretty much everybody. Black people were denied their civil rights, and some say they still are denied some rights. Gay people are currently denied their civil rights. Women also face discrimination.