E is for Equality

Day 5 of the A to Z blogging challenge:










TOPIC: EQUALITY

equality
noun
1. fairness, equal opportunity, equal treatment, egalitarianism, fair treatment, justness the principle of racial equality
fairness discrimination, prejudice, bias, inequality, unfairness, imparity
2. sameness, balance, identity, similarity, correspondence, parity, likeness, uniformity, equivalence, evenness, coequality, equatability They advocate the unconditional equality of incomes.
sameness disparity, unevenness, lack of balance
Quotations
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" [Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence]
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" [Martin Luther King Jr. speech at Civil Rights March]
"The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors" [Henry Becque Querelles littéraires]



A lot of people believe that we, as LGBT persons are just wanting things that we have no "right" to want. Most LGBT people just want to be seen as equal in the eyes of the LAW.  We want to the right to go to school and not have to worry about being harrassed, bullied, sometimes killed, or bullied to the point that we want to kill ourselves. We want to be able to get a job and our employer not have the right to fire us just because of whom we MIGHT fall in love with.  We want to be protected under the law. We want to be able to get married, adopt children, live a life just like our heterosexual counterparts. We aren't different. We are just people, the same as everyone else.

"In 76 countries it is illegal to be gay or transgender- in 10 you can be sentenced to DEATH or life in prison. In many others, the ability to work, raise a family and love who you choose free from the threat of violence is not yet a reality." (from allout.org the makers of the above video)

Yes, someday if I meet the right person, I'd love to entertain the thought of marriage.. but not until its legal in my home state. We have to keep fighting, keep making our voices heard.

Civil rights should NOT be up for vote. They should just BE our rights. No one should get to CHOOSE who is worthy of being equal and who is not. We deserve the same rights that everyone else has.