Marvin Wiegginns,
31 Primorski Blvd Varna,
Varna 9000
Bulgaria
Last updated: October 13, 2010
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On the second of October, I heard that a bill prohibiting discrimination against homosexuality will be passed by the Ministry of Justice. If this bill will start, homosexuality will be recognized as normal and protected in the boundary of discrimination. Therefore, if we criticize homosexuality in public, the concurrent fine, imprionment, or compensation will be enacted. Schools also should teach that homosexuality is normal and can?t consult not to do it. There are several reasons why this law will be problematic.
First, without any discussion and sympathy with people, the Ministry tries to pass this bill. Legal marriage of homosexuals and adoption will be recognized by order. ? Adoption is an important matter that we can?t just think of as individual freedom. We need some discussion time.
Second, this law is taking the freedom to oppose to homosexuality away. People who are against homosexulaity have to take responsibilities of the damage compensation, fines, and imprisonment. Traditionally, most of people feel aversion to homosexuality. But this law forces us to believe it is normal. Especially it forcefully teaches sensitive teenagers to believe it normal. Even though teenagers are enticed by it, there is no way we can deal with it. This is the infringement of human rights and deprivation of freedom toward people who are against homosexuality?.
I heard that if you distribute papers against homosexuality in England, you will be arrested. In America, you have to pay fines.
Should this country change like them? Acknowledgement of homosexuality without peoples? agreement should not be allowed. Considering the Confucian tradition of our ancestors who regard family dignity and descendants as important, it should not be allowed?.
I am not opposed to homosexuality, but making a law for it is a different issue. Beyond sex, age, religion, and occupations, we should oppose the law against discrimination toward homosexuality and keep the social protection for descendants at least.
I know while some people agree with this kind of writing, others are strongly opposed, regarding discrimination. But this writing is not about criticizing people, but about criticizing a phenomenon of homesexuality. This writing is to not let homosexuality be taken general in society. Some people say it?s innate, but not to everyone. There are cases some homosexuals become like that through experiences or occasions. Even though homesexuality is innate, it should not be regarded as ubiquitous. Regardless of these facts, it?s hard to understand why the Ministry of Justice attempts to pass a law against criticizing homesexuality.
Homosexuals call themselves ?I-ban.? Il-ban (normal-heterosexual)/I-ban (abnormal-homosexual). They made it themselves. But we can?t just say, ?See! They even recognize themselves they?re not normal).? This is the name to contain their pains.
They say they?re used to face cold or strange looks at them. But that?s not the problem. Sometimes people come over to them and beat them. They say, ?what can we do? We?d better put up with it.? They can?t resist.
Some of them are fired after companies know about it. But they can?t resist it. Because according to the law so far, if they want to prove it?s ?discrimination,? the victims should prove that.
There are more. They can?t get social protection. Some of them get threats of murder from the neighborhood, get rejection from some stores, and have to move to other places to live.
Calling those ?psychos? even though they never met those people is not polite and is a behavior that disregards respect toward humans (for the reference, homosexuality was excluded from the psycho list in the 1960s because it is not satisfying conditions of psychos).
What they want is not so special. Like others, they go to companies, drink when they are stressed out with their jobs, and go out with their dates.
They are also humans who are the same as us. What they want is a normal life. If you can?t understand, don?t understand. Instead, please don?t oppose passing this law against social discrimination.
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Marvin Wiegginns,
31 Primorski Blvd Varna,
Varna 9000
Bulgaria
Last updated: October 13, 2010