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Jun Yoon
English 114A
Professor Noh
08 December 2015
A behavior that is opposed by society
Throughout the book Every Day the author David Levithan portrays different types of
theme. One of the themes was an idea of LGBT community. In a society, LGBT community is
one of the social issues and it has been considered as a social issue for a long period of time.
Instead of just one, there are actually many reasons to why the following community is
connected to social issue. The main reason is as simple as it is. The LGBT community not only
influences people but it is opposed by number of individuals or group of people. People see
LGBT community as a problem and there are various arguments fighting for whether it is right
or wrong.
Religious reason is one of the factors that influence people to believe that LGBT
community should not be accepted. As the worlds largest religion, Christianity has its own
beliefs and ideas which happen to be against the ideas of LGBT community. Christians believe
that LGBT community is not only against God, but also denies the purpose of His creations. By
means of Christianity and Gods Word, LGBT community is considered as destructive behavior
that should be neither tolerated nor forgiven. There is a bible verse that says, You shall not lie
with a male as one lies with a female, it is an abomination. (Lev.18.12) The following bible
verse is indicating that the behavior of LGBT community is such a disgrace and Christians who

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follow Word of God are most likely to dislike LGBT community. The bible as a source for
Christians to learn and shape their morality, it says a lot about LGBT community as a sin and
against God. Slick, the President and Founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research
Ministry believes homosexuality has a heavy judgment administered by God Himself upon who
commit it and support it.(2) Considering a bible verse earlier and many other parts of the bible,
it becomes clear that the bible, the Word of God does not support but condemns LGBT
community. As the result of Christians following and believing Gods Word, LGBT community
has been viewed as a problem and sin towards God.
It is hard to deny that Christianity is the worlds largest religion and powerful in terms of
its number and influences within a society. Yet, Christianity as a religion does not give a right to
conclude and decide LGBT community. If Christians are truly following the morals of God
according to the bible, they should not judge and evaluate people just for the fact that they are
part of LGBT community. There is a bible verse that says, Love your neighbor as
yourself.(Mark.12.31). It says to love not hate. It seems as Christians are only focusing on the
belief that being in a LGBT community is a sin while ignoring other condemned things in the
bible. Isnt it also a sin to hate LGBT community because God told to be loving not hateful?
Christians are responsible for following Gods Word through the bible which means that if there
is no clearly stated directive in the bible to marginalize and ostracize homosexual people, then it
is morally indefensible for Christians to continue to do so. (Shore 2) The problem is not the fact
that Christians are against LGBT community but the fact that some of them are using the bible
and Gods Word as excuses to hate and detest such a community. Instead of showing
abomination, more love and care should be given towards LGBT community as God commanded
that the love is greatest of all (1Cor.13.13)

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The purpose of marriage is another reason that people think LGBT community should not
be accepted. In this society people expect marriage to lead to certain outcome and to fulfill its
purpose. Marriage in peoples mind is a promise between man and woman and leads to
reproduction of child which will eventually form the family. But the problem with LGBT
community is that they cant reproduce and form the same kind of family as heterosexual people
do. People think that not having formal or traditional family could negatively influence a child.
Most of the people from the traditional family think children need a real male Father and a
female Mother for proper and healthy development (Watts 2) This shows that heterosexual
parents could provide the best need for a childs life while what parents from LGBT community
could do is limited. Not only that, another negative influence stated is that child of same-sex
marriages will either lack a mother or a father role model. All these negative sides of LGBT
community are considered to be affecting society and therefore the idea of LGBT community is
not treated so well within a society.
I do not believe homosexuality destroys the purpose of marriage. The purpose of marriage
isnt just to produce children and keep the traditional family structure going. Marriage is not
granted only for certain people and if marriage was only for those who can produce children,
then barren women and sterile men could not marry.(Brentlinger 2) The following quote shows
that marriage is not only for those who are capable of reproducing but for those who are capable
of loving as well. People say people from LGBT community cant produce a child but that is not
true. There are actually different kinds of ways to have a child such as surrogacy, In-Vitro
fertilization, and adoption. Also there is an argument that marriage in LGBT community is not
the best towards a childs development in terms of growing. Yes, a child might lack either a male
father or female mother, but the most important thing when it comes to raising a child is love and

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care. Parents from LGBT community could show same or even more love and care as
heterosexuals and not only that but studies show little developmental or social difference
between children raised by heterosexual parents and children raised by homosexual
parents.(Zorn 2)
As a matter of the LGBT community, I do have to admit that it has both positive and
negative sides in a society. The problem I see is that people in a society have a tendency to only
look at bad sides of the LGBT community as if the idea of the LGBT community were the worst
tragedy that could occur in a society. People are criticizing and putting the LGBT community
down in a society. It is unfair for heterosexual people to forcefully try to change ideas of the
LGBT community. It is ones choice to either agree or disagree with the idea of the LGBT
community but affecting it negatively should not be happening. It is just morally wrong to show
hatred and criticism towards the LGBT community because their ideas and beliefs are not the
same as heterosexuals. Not understanding the LGBT community is acceptable because not
everyone has the same background life, culture, religion, and environment in which people grew.
However, putting the LGBT community lower than heterosexual people as human beings and
judging them only by the fact they are part of the LGBT community should be stopped and
discouraged.

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Work Cited
Brentlinger, Rick. "Gay Marriages Can't Produce Children so Case Closed, Right?" Gay
Marriages Can't Produce Children so Case Closed, Right? N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
Shore, John. "Taking God at His Word: The Bible and Homosexuality." The NALT Christians
Project RSS. N.p., 23 July 2013. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
Slick, Matt. "What Does the Bible Say about Homosexuality?" CARM. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct.
2015.
Watts, Joel L. "15 Reasons Why Homosexuality Is Wrong and Hurts Society." Unsettled
Christianity. N.p., 28 July 2008. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
Zorn, Eric. "The Top Six Arguments against Gay Marriage (and Why They All Fail)."
Tribunedigital-chicagotribune. N.p., 20 May 2012. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.