Gay Oppression in America

You could explore the phenomema that allows friends and family of LGBT to support religious institutions that actively work to oppress them. I find it endlessly fascinating how they rationalize their support by saying they only support certain things that the church does. Yet the money that goes into the collection plate, as well as their visible presence in church supports ALL the things the church works toward. It's like saying you belong to the KKK because of their charity work, but don't agree with all that race stuff.

Well, I think it's a fascinating topic.

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Pal Joey, I think they forgot my friend Stephen Stucker...I won't forget

I think you need to narrow the scope a bit. "Gay oppression in America" is pretty broad. A history professor that I had in college used to say the broader the paper, the less insight it provides.

Some ideas off the top of my head:
1.) Suicides by gay teenagers (or older people for that matter) Why? How do we stop it? How do we react? etc.

2.) America's progress on the issue compared to other countries of the western world.

3.) Gay celebrities - and the "closeted" ones who fear the ruining of their career that may come along with coming out.

4.) The origins and evolution of homophobia. Does the bible really tell religious individuals to hate gay people? Where else does homophobia come from? How do we deal with it in modern society.

Good luck!

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