Welcome to the United States, with the purple mountains and amber waives of grain. Where people have the right to be anything they want to be and have the right of free speech. Now dig a little bit deeper and look at the Gay Rights Movement towards same sex marriages. Although most are American citizens who as American citizens have the same rights of be free and whatnot of everyone else, are being denied the opportunity to also show their love to their significant others to be married. Society has slowly become more accepted of GLBT within the media (will & grace, queer eye, etc) and the documentary The Laramie Project. Celebrities are also becoming more in touch with the Gay rights movement, take Charlize Theron who announced at the Oscars that she refuses to marry until gays are given the same right.
for more information about the Laramie Project : http://www.time.com/time/classroom/laramie/
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Oh, The Laramie Project is a wonderful production anyone should see. Whether it be the HBO movie or one of the two versions of the on stage production (though I prefer the smaller cast version best). No matter your feelings on the issue, one cannot escape the horrible events that happened to Matthew Shepard.
A Charleston theater group is doing The Laramie Project this semester at EIU. One of our friends is acting in it.
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