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vandalize gay and lesbian related topics there would not have been the need to paint pink
triangles on either campus.
And to those who say that they simply cannot accept homosexuality for whatever
reason, I say that is a shame. It was not too long ago that many people expressed similar
views toward blacks, women and minorities in general, and even these views are still
present. One does not have to be black or female to support the idea of equality for all;
why should this be any different?
Still, though, there are some who feel that it will simply take time for all groups --
especially including homosexuals-- to be accepted, and that all that is needed is time.
Apparently, what is overlooked is the fact that while we idly sit and wait for people to get
hit with the Spirit,’ people are being discriminated against daily. Both in the larger
world and in the immediate community, people are showing their resistance and
reluctance to accept and espouse egalitarian views. lf we wait nothing will be
accomplished. People do not want to accept the fact that homosexuals, just as Catholics,
women, Mexicans, blacks,Jews and the poor (no offense to those whom I have left out)
are equal people, too.
Lesbians and gays are scantily, scarcely, sporadically and inadequately protected
in terms of employment, housing, and adoption laws, to name but a few areas in which
these people are discriminated against; there is little legal action a homosexual man or
woman can take if he or she is fired from or denied a job or evicted from or denied
housing or if physically abused. ’Fag-bashing’ has been steadily on the rise since circa
1978, but has sky rocketed since 1980 (you figure it out). Last, but certainly not least, is
the constant psychological oppression that many lesbians and gays face from family,
friends, neighbors, society and this community in general. What many people fail to
realize is that homosexuals (including bi-sexuals) have as much or as little control over
their sexual preferences as their heterosexual counterparts. Needless to say, it is difficult
to constantly be told that having feelings over which people have no control is wrong and
