Gay Rights

After the semi-successful campaign to reduce the age of consent for homosexuals, gays are debating what should be the next campaign. Many are advocating that the priority should be anti-discrimination laws. Such a policy ignores the essential distinction between equal rights with straights and special rights for gays. This article advocates the former, and opposes the latter. The term 'Gay Rights' blurs this significant distinction. To the extent that gay rights simply means that gays …

…matters. These are more likely to be used against gays in the longer term . The state should be seen as a threat to gays, not an ally. CONCLUSION Discrimination against people simply because of their sexual orientation exists and is wrong, but it is not the role of the law to correct every wrong. Law is not, and has not been , the solution to sex and racial discrimination and will not be for sexual orientation.