Gay rights and gay marriage is a hot button issue, mostly because it deals with one of the fundamentals of religious belief, marriage. An example of a recent controversy is the bill signed by the Washington governor which guarantees gays equals rights in everything but marriage. A petition was then created against the bill. The petition did not change anything, but sparked a whole new controversy, when the names of the signers were demanded to be released. (I will talk more about this specific point next week in a post about the freedom of speech).
I do not believe that homosexuals or any other sexual divergent should not have the same rights as all other Americans. Whatever they are doing is not anyone's concern including the government. This is fundamentally not a political issue because it does not affect the entire populace. Also, if we start limiting the rights of one group, then that opens the door to start limiting the rights of any other group not in favor. If we do not guarantee the same rights to homosexuals and others now, future generations may look back at us the same way that we look back on the 60's and before.
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