The road to gay rights

During the 1980s and 90s, many organizations and people began to speak out concerning gay rights all around the world. It was not easy for homosexuals to address their sexuality to the public without being ashamed and shed as outcasts for all the world to see. One great objection to gay rights was religion. Religion was a powerful influence to many people that homosexuality was wrong. The Church made it seem like they did not belong and that in the eyes of God it was appalling. In one article, "For Some Black Pastors, Accepting Gay Members Means Losing Others" it describes the introduction of accepting gay members into the Church, but the seperation of other church members leaving and the attempted prevention of them entering its midst has occured as well. Others have learned to accept it and continue this acceptance. In this article, it is even says that church members have even allowed marriage ceremonies to many homosexual couples.




Back in the mid-60s, with many social movements beginning to start such as woman's suffrage and worker's rights, this began the emergance of the sexual revolution. Many books and articles began to be published about this in newspapers such as Time and Life Magazine. Even in 1965 gay march held in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and one in California as well. Now with some states beginning to progress in allowing same-sex marriages, we can see the affect that these protests have had on people as well.