In medieval times, it was all the rage to turn ordinary mineral elements into gold. It was called alchemy and was alternately praised and condemned depending on who was in power. Suffice to say, the efforts failed, but since the Greenwich Village gay bar rebellion called the Stonewall riots occurred in June 1969, the movement to secure “gay rights” for homosexuals—gays, lesbians, as well as bisexuals and transgendered folks--has gained momentum as they seek to normalize homosexuality.
From ancient times various religions have grappled with the fact that some people are sexually attracted to their own gender. All condemned it. Homosexuality runs counter to procreation, the family unit, and the stability of society. The response was to keep it “in the closet”, to exercise benign neglect, or to punish it.
In America, the idea of “gay rights” is patently absurd given the fact that gays (I will use the term to reference all sexual preferences outside the norm) are and always have been protected by the U.S. Constitution in the same fashion as every other citizen. There have been exceptions such as the addition of amendments to include Black Americans, former slaves with no rights, after the Civil War.
The demands of the GLBT “community” have grown over the more than forty years since the Stonewall gays resisted the harassment of the New York cops. It culminated in the demand that gay “marriage” be given legal sanction. The clamor for gay marriage resulted in the Defense of Marriage act, passed in both houses of Congress by large majorities in 1996 and signed into law by President Clinton. It denies recognition of same-sex marriage for all federal purposes.
