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Created Equal, Treated Lesser: LGBTQ+ Rights in America The Right¬¬s of the LGBTQ+ Community are continually being considered unjust by a large amount of religious organization and groups. These groups claim that their holy law allows them to be the highest authority on the rights of those around them. Though the world may stand against them, they do not appear to be backing down anytime soon. Since the stonewall riots of the late 1960’s, America has had a strong fixation on the constant debate of whether the LGBTQ+ community should be able to adopt, marry, use the bathroom, or even live. Even now, many Americans, particularly in the south, have stood against letting them have these rights. These Americans believe that their way is the only …show more content…

Even recently, former governor of Indiana Mike Pence signed a state-level version of this law, which allowed anybody to deny services to anyone based on religious grounds (Theadvocatemag). A well-known case regarding this principle would have to be the infamous case of Aaron Klein, of Sweet Cakes Bakery, who refused to bake a cake for Laurel Bowman, stating that they do not bake cakes for same sex couples (Oregonian). This caused nationwide debate, putting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into the spotlight for quite some time. In the end, Laurel Bowman and her wife were paid $135,000 in damages (Origanian). Many groups are currently fighting to repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and appear to be making good progress. Many members of the LGBTQ+ face discrimination in larger numbers than ever before. A survey conducted out of Princeton, New Jersey showed some of the statistics of discrimination. These statistics showed that seven out of ten believe that homosexuals should not be allowed to adopt children. About half of these that voted believe that homosexual relations between consenting adults should not be

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