t there are still fighting to improve. We could go on and on about the organizational and occupational advancements women have made, but that would be a whole different subject.Our next topic area is going to be very sensitive subject in todays society, but it is a topic that must be addressed that being Gay Rights. The Gag community has sometimes stated their situation to be not unlike tat of African Americans. Many moral, religious groups tend to disagree with their analogy of this point. In a 1999 poll, seventy percent of Americans polled supported the rights of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve openly in the U.S. military, a 19-point jump from 1997. (NGLTF Policy Institute Report From Wrongs to Rights, PG 12.) The fact that the gay and lesbian community has made progressive accomplishment is proof that America is succeeding. Twenty years ago the mere mention of this could ruin a persons life or career. With time and education the Gay and Lesbian community is gaining equal rights, but improvement is always needed. Many measures have been taken to block Gay and Lesbian rights for example a religious activist group failed in its efforts to place initiatives attacking the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community on the November ballot in four Michigan communities this week. Initiatives failed to make the ballot in Royal Oak, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, while the results of a similar attempt in a fifth city, Grand Ledge, was not known. (NGLTF Policy Institute Report From Wrongs to Rights, Pg. 14)America is not perfect, but there is nothing to compare it with in the world. I hope that for the sake of our next generation who will inherit this country we will have and even greater success to speak about....
