LGBTQ Community Discrimination

Introduction

Choose a prompt and use the links below it to collect evidence to support your position.

Same-Sex Marriage Laws:

Prompt: Is it moral or immoral to discriminate against the LGBTQ community? Why?

http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/same-sex-marriage-laws.aspx

-          Article on the same-sex marriage laws, with maps, charts, and the history of the same-sex marriage law.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-ruling/

-          Article about the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the country.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/opinions/holbrook-marriage-equality/index.html

-          Article with bullet point lists how the LGBTQ community is treated equally as well as how it is not.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/26/news/companies/lgbt-discrimination/index.html

-          Short article on how businesses can still discriminate the LGBTQ community

https://s.bsd.net/freemarry/main/page/-/files/images/WorldMarriageMapJune2015.png

-          A map that shows all the countries around the world that legalized same-sex marriage

 

Religious Freedom Act and discrimination against LGBTQ’s

Prompt: It is moral for businesses to discriminate against the LGBTQ community because of their religion? Why or why not?

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-religious-freedom-law-what-you-need-know-n332491

-          Article about all you need to know about the Religious Freedom Act

 

http://www.eater.com/2015/3/26/8296615/indiana-law-religious-freedom-gay-lesbian-mike-pence

-          Article about the “Religious Freedom Act” and discrimination

 

http://www.eater.com/2015/4/3/8326565/indiana-religious-freedom-discrimination-law-update

-          Article about how the “Religious Freedom Act” has been amended to eliminate LGBTQ discrimination, but it’s still happening in some ways.

 

Kim Davis:

Prompt: Who’s actions were moral: Kim Davis or the government? Why?

https://www.aclu.org/cases/miller-v-davis

-          A summary of the entire Kim Davis situation

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/03/ky-clerk-gay-marriage-timeline/71670068/

-          A timeline of the Kim Davis situation

-          To get to the articles, RIGHT click on the blue dates and click "open in new tab"

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-kim-davis-clerk-refusing-to-give-licenses-2015-9

-          Short article on Kim Davis’s past. Does her personal life matter?