Straight pride
A controversial topic, the Straight pride movement arose as a reaction to and in protest of the Gay Pride movement. Advocates of Straight Pride believe that the "Gay Pride" movement promotes inequality, animosity, and division in society by setting apart gay people as a "special" group,[citation needed]
It manifests primarily as marches or rallies. [citation needed]
Central Message
Straight Pride maintains that, while homosexuality is not negative in and of itself, the (often called "traditional") family unit consisting of a father, a mother and their children is the original societal foundation of western civilization and should be treated as such.
It advocates that, in order to receive a healthy upbringing, children need parents of both sexes so that they will not incur psychological or social deficiencies. Straight Pride rejects the message that gays and lesbians should be discriminated against by society, but is outspoken that they should not enjoy the same rights for civil engagement and the chances of adopting children that heterosexual couples do.[1][citation needed]
Criticisms
Those who disagree with Straight Pride maintain that it is based on a lack of understanding of the reasons behind the gay pride movement [2]. These reasons include the fact that LGBT people do not enjoy the same rights and privileges as heterosexuals. Often-cited examples are that gays and lesbians are not currently permitted to marry one another under federal law [3], that anti-gay job discrimination is currently legal under U.S. federal law and in approximately 33 U.S. states [4], and that gay people continue to be beaten and killed because they are gay [5] [6] [7] and because of the social message (perceived or real) that being gay is morally, socially, biologically, or otherwise wrong or bad.
Some opponents view straight pride as anti-gay.[8] [9] [10], but most supporters deny this.
Straight pride is sometimes compared to White Pride [11] on the basis that both causes promote a group of people who do not lack civil rights and who are not considered to be oppressed. A blogger has claimed [12] that Craig Storm, the founder of StraightPride.com, has regularly made anti-gay and racist posts at the Stormfront website, a white pride website, where his work at StraightPride.com was praised by David Duke, a white nationalist former leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Controversies
16 year-old Elliott Chambers and his parents filed a lawsuit against Woodbury High School in Minnesota when the principal told him that he couldn't wear his "straight pride" t-shirt despite the fact that gay students were allowed to wear "gay pride" shirts and patches. The American Family Association decided to represent him. A federal court ruled the school's ban on the shirt unconstitutional and said it violated the Constitution's guarantee of free speech to ban it. [13]
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