DISCLAIMER - THIS ARTICLE IS MERELY A REFLECTION ON MY OWN OPINION. I UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE MAY THINK DIFFERENTLY. PLEASE DON'T SLATE ME FOR WHAT I THINK.
So according to an act established in 1998, we have Rights.
No, we don't.
From what I have understood, these acts should apply universally to everyone.
No, they don't.
This is because there is still rules and laws in certain countries, preventing people from having access to these Rights.
It isn't fair.
For example, one of the Rights is a Right to marry and raise a family. However it is only recently that gay marriage has been recognised in our country and I don't foresee it ever happening in others. Indeed, sadly the Oxford English dictionary still defines it as being a formal union between a man and a woman.
You would think given modern times that people would be able to accept gay marriage for what it is - two people of the same sex, pledging their love and happiness to one another. But sadly this is not the case, indeed you still get parents telling their kids that they would quite easily disown them if they ever came out to their parents as being gay.
Why do parents and other people find it so hard to understand?! You cannot choose your sexual orientation or who you fall in love with. Change might be difficult to accept, but if people are able to accept the use of technology and welcome it fully into their homes, then why are they still so unable to accept the idea of being gay?
For gay people, it is so much harder to go through the process of adopting a child. It doesn't make sense. Free will is a human right and not just a heterosexual privilege. I mean, can anyone honestly say they are 100% heterosexual?
I believe that people need to move forwards and embrace change as something new and exciting, instead of just dwelling on the past.
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