Friday, July 3, 2009

A Voice for the Gay Men



An American Jonathan Bannon Maher sent an essay to the US Congress, the Supreme Court and the US president on the rights of us, gay men.

Here's an excerpt of the essay:

"On February 13th of this year, a 15 year old in Ventura County California, Lawrence King, was shot twice in the head as he sat in his middle school classroom. He was killed by a 14 year old male classmate. According to students in a Newsweek article, he had recently asked that same male classmate to be his valentine.

This is a problem that affects everyone: when a significant percent of the population faces artificial hurdles in achieving their full potential to contribute to society, it works to hold this country back at a time when it faces increasing global competition and challenges to its leadership status.

There are, to my knowledge, three primary reasons that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality has not been fully supported in the past:"

Read the full ESSAY ON GAY EQUALITY

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