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To begin the arguable question is a question that many people do not like to touch but is a major problem to society and a hard question to answer. Is homosexuality biblically or morally wrong? Many people have different views, opinions, and beliefs against the question. In this essay I will be explaining the perspectives of major sides of this question and my personal feelings toward the issue.
The first perspective would be that of the constitution and human rights given to each individual that is a United States citizen. The United States Declaration of human rights state in Article 16 that “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.” (US Department of State). That article is used heavily in the fight for human rights for the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender (LGBT) community. An author named Omar G. Encarnacion examined these rights as well as gay rights and he claimed that “It has become common to think of gay rights and human rights as closely intertwined, which asserted that human rights are inalienable rights that a person is entitled to simply because he or she is a human. Those rights made no mention of sexual identity, even as it addressed a wide range of rights, such as the right to work, housing, education, association, religion, and even leisure” (ENCARNACIÓN, p36 ). So if legal documents do not deem homosexuality wrong in the...

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...n their sexual orientation. I have a very close family member that is a homosexual and for a long time I held against that person a closer relationship because of their sexual orientation. I did not fully have an acceptable answer to why I treated that person the way or looked at the homosexual community the way I did but I have come to realize that it was wrong. Every person has the right to love who they want as long as they are consenting adults.

Works Cited

ENCARNACIÓN, OMAR G. “Human Rights and Gay Rights.” Current History 113.759 (2014): 36-39 Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Apr. 2014 (ENCARNACIÓN)
U.S. Department of State. “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, 217. A (1948), U.S. Department of State, n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2014 (US Department of State)
King James Version. “The Holy Bible”, (1999) New York: American Bible Society: Web. 09 Apr. 2014 (Bible)

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