Argumentative Essay On Gay Sex

Throughout history, people have been known to give words different meanings. These “word fads” can be something positive, or in other cases they can be demeaning and degrading. In today’s culture, the word “gay” has come to mean many things, and it has turned into a huge controversy amongst many groups of people.
The word gay has been used since the late 14th century. It’s original use was to describe something or someone as “full of joy, merry; light-hearted, carefree”. The exact origin of the word is unknown due to an uncertain difference amongst France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. One of the possible origins is from the Old French word gai, meaning “joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charming; forward, pert”. Through time, people began to

"That 's so gay" has become something people say in response to something they don’t agree with. This has led to a decrease in the homosexual communities’ support of the word, as well as heterosexuals. Along with the new definition, gay 's originally meaning of a homosexual male has evolved into any person who is homosexual (still more popularly used to refer to men). Today 's society has really began to focus on the morality aspect of a gay lifestyle. Gay has turned into not only a preference, so to speak, but also a sin, in some people’s beliefs. A lot of Christians claim that being gay is a sin, and other’s say if you are gay you aren’t allowed to be a part of the religion. Extremists have done many things to patronize and exploit the gays and their choices. Some churches are telling gays that they are "condemned to Hell" for living the lifestyle, and it has really blown up into a huge political and religion topic. Growing up, I had a really close friend who told me he was gay in Junior High. With the today’s society having such a constant conflict on it, I really didn’t know what it meant. It was hard for me to understand how to define in, in a context other than a “sin”. As I grew older and began to see things with a broader mind, and came to the realization that no matter how people were defining the word, it still referred to someone’s life choices. It was no different than someone who chose to do drugs, or play sports. Being gay should not be used in a circumstance of insulting a person, or seen as a flaw – it is merely a person’s attraction to someone of the same sex. The true ”new” definition of gay can be seen as a connotation or a denotation, depending on the listener’s values and