taxigirl
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.I support equal marriage and kinship rights for homosexuals, and for age-of-consent laws to be equivalent for heterosexual and homosexual sex. Beyond that, I can't think of any other "gay rights" that gays require or that I would support
A lot of people say this and don't that homosexuals do not have the same rights that heterosexuals, and there are no "extra rights". There is no federal law against housing discrimination that protects homosexuals, several states and municipalities have their own laws, but for the most part if you are gay a landlod can say you may not rent or you can be refused a loan for housing etc...
There are few employment laws explicity protecting homosexuals, there are other laws that they can argue with (ex. sexual harrassment) but there is no guarantee that they will stand up.
There are also no protections in place in cases of medical care (unless it comes to federal dollars) for visitation, rights to make medical decisions. The parties involved must have power of attorney, healthcare proxies etc.. If these are not in place then homosexuals do not have the rights as heterosexuals.
Some federal laws have been enacted to protect them from discrimination in FEDERAL housing and employment, but nothing to stop the private sector.
These are the rights that heterosexuals have. They are not "extra" rights.
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