Argument: America, a land of equal opportunity
America. . . the land of equal opportunity, freedom to vote, to speak, and worship. This idea is rather appealing to most, very ideal and extremely attractive. Is it reality or is it simply an idea, or a myth? In today's America an equal opportunity is something we can all strive for, but will it ever be reached? In Florida laws have been put in place prohibiting gay and lesbian couples from adopting children. The ACLU has been fighting a never ending battle for gay rights starting in the 1960's. In 1986 the lesbian and gay rights project was put in place, and began working with several other affiliates across the United States. These projects developed a legal program aiming at making a difference starting with five key areas: discrimination, families and relationships, lesbian and gay teens, laws criminalizing sexual intimacy and expression. ( Lesbian 1 ) The right to be a family and adopt a child has been revoked from these people in Florida and in other states in America. Is this really a land of equal opportunity? There have been several lawsuits against this ban in some of the States. In Florida, o
Women in America have been fighting for rights since the beginning of this country's existence. Today, abortion is legalized and yet a very controversial issue. Looking at it from another perspective though we see that women if not given the choice will never be able to reach equality of a man. Restricting abortion in our society is saying in a roundabout way that females are not able to make wise decisions when it comes down to a matter of life or death. Banning abortions can be looked at as a woman being of less value and not worth as much as the "fetus" that she carries. If a woman is given no say over her own body or the fetus within her, even if the circumstance was something like rape, it only reinforces the idea that women are subordinate to men. Men do not ever have to deal with options or situations like this. They have control over their bodies. ( Schwalbe 32 ) ne case consisted of 2 men adopting children who are now between the ages of five and 14. These children, and adopted children from other families of gay and lesbian parents are being found new adoptive families, after being raised and lo
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