Religion is not law.

The most terrifying evidence of the hatred in humans are often displayed in situations where gay people are the victim. Statistics illustrate that over a quarter (26%) of gay teens that make the decision to be open about their feelings are forced out of their homes by their parents. Surviving in the world alone can be horrifying for any teenager, let alone a teen that is already insecure due to the taboo views that people have about gay rights in our country. In the country that lives by the idea of “all men are created equal”, we condemn gay people for a personal choice that they make, and as far as we scientifically know, they don’t even have any control over this. This is a personal decision and doesn’t harm anyone else unless they choose to let it bother them, which only occurs because of the taboo nature of gay rights. If a person chooses to follow religion it is their business and this is backed up in the constitution, but to outlaw a personal choice on religious grounds is unconstitutional and wrong. If you are against the idea of homosexuality, that is perfectly ok, but condemning other people’s views because of what you believe is not right, just as it would be wrong for a gay person to condemn a person for participating in a straight marriage. We have no scientific evidence that being gay is only a choice and isn’t programmed genetically. We only have a biblical word that has been passed down many years as the basis of outlawing gay rights. As previously stated, in our constitution, religion is left for the individual, and this is why it is wrong to make a law on a religious basis. This is diminishing the truth to our freedom of religion also, because it is promoting the idea that Christianity is the religions of our nation. It is also displaying the idea that we truly do not have the freedoms that we are guaranteed in our first amendment. As long as our choices don’t affect the freedoms of other people than they should be left to us as individuals.