Essay About Homosexuality

Homosexual relationships can be traced back throughout history and in every civilization. The ancient Greeks in particular were well noted for homosexuality being an integral part of everyday life. “The secret of Greek homosexuality has only ever been a secret to those who neglected to inquire. The Greeks themselves were hardly coy about it”(Davidson, J. 2007). Famous authors such as Plato, Xenophon, Herodotus and Athenaeums all explored this subject in their writing. A modern day writer Thomas K Hubbard, has translated the most important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome into modern, English and collected together a comprehensive sourcebook. Here we get a true glimpse into the past of the daily lives of the ancient Greeks and homosexuality was not only perfectly normal, it was a huge part of society.

One year ago, the United States Supreme Court made two judgments in favor of marriage equality. This was once considered impossible, however, the United States has had a tremendous change of heart in supporting gay marriage. People even speculate that same-sex marriage will be legal in the whole U.S. within few years. Currently there are 17 states that have legalized same sex marriage, while in 33 states it remains banned. The majority of the states that still ban gay marriage have a very high Christian population. Many Christians believe that being homosexual conflicts the bible and refuse to accept it. In my opinion this illustrates why it is better to separate state from religion. We have also seen the church try to influence government decision in England, the archbishop of Canterbury recently stated "The concept of marriage as a normative place for procreation is lost. The idea of marriage as covenant ...

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...does not lessen the amount of gay people who have come out of the closet in Taiwan. Apparently, there has been a lot of progress from my parents’ generation to my generation. We can see that Taiwanese society is shifting towards being more tolerant and liberal. We can see that Taiwanese society is shifting towards being more tolerant and liberal.

I would say that I hold a positive attitude towards the future of gay rights in Taiwan. No matter if this bill is passed or not, I think this is still a very precious opportunity for Taiwanese people. Indeed, humanity is complex. That’s why loopholes will still possibly exist even if we amend the law. However, “civil partnership rights” this bill is still in a draft stage, if we decline this law just for the reason that people are afraid of changing, then that will certainly be the biggest loss to our democratic society.