nd say that they cannot control whom we want to marry.In our social norm, male attracts to female and female attracts to male. Many psychologists and psychiatrists had attempted to “treat and counsel” the homosexuals. New York psychiatrist Kenneth Paul Rosenberg believes that we, as people, should be more open-minded to the study of homosexuality because it could help to fight for gay and lesbian rights in this society. It also could decrease an escalating hate crime rate and the discrimination toward homosexuals. “In addition, homosexuals are frequently the targets of discrimination and violence. The treat of violence and discrimination is an obstacle to lesbian and gay people’s development. In a 1989 national survey, 5% of the gay men and 10% of the lesbians reported physical abuse and/or assault… 47% report some form of discrimination over their lifetime. Other research has show similarly high rates of discrimination or violence toward homosexuals.”The main type of discrimination against the homosexuals’ people is Homophobia. This is the fear of gay people. This is not an argument to criminalize or imprison homosexuals, but an analogy to the relation between strong inclinations and moral responsibility. We could easily apply the "Just that way" defense to a number of social problems that may involve deeply ingrained (even biological) causes -- violence, substance abuse, racism, schizophrenia, pedophilia -- but we do not, because we recognize that an explanation for the behavior is not a justification for the behavior. This is the worst everyday social problem for the openly gay person on a daily basis. Many people would not hire a gay person based on the thought that he can interrupt office peace or cause many problems and tensions between the people that work there. The way most of our society views sexuality is that anything aside from being heterosexual is wrong.Marriage is both a r...
