Learning about the Views and Rights of Homosexuality

This topic is one that I was very interested in at the beginning of the research project. I have very mixed feelings about this issue. While I would love for everyone to be accepted by their different sexualities, I can see how others find homosexuality as an uncomfortable thing to know about someone. Personally, I don't care as much, but it is surprising how many people make such a big deal of it. This SAME EXACT THING has happened for blacks Jews, women etc.. It seems like our country is always very slow when it comes to accepting people who are different. It is interesting that this argument has been around for so long, and that it is still being debated to this day. I was surprised to hear about the Stonewall Riots on Jan. 27th 1969. The gay community did exactly what MLK and Malcolm X did for the blacks during that same time period, when they resisted arrest and publicly spoke out against their discrimination. I feel that this is the best way to bring change...Fight for it! Those who did it during the Stonewall Riots were brave enough in 1969, and I like hearing those who speak out against the government today. I have the most mixed feelings about the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy. I am already familiar with this policy, and while i believe that anyone should be able to join the military, it is obviously uncomfortable for soldiers who are living in the same close quarters as a soldier who is a homosexual. While the army wants to be fair to everyone, they should also think about the soldiers who might reconsider the army based on this right for gays. But, honestly, when you put it in perspective, these people are trained to kill; they dodge bullets and work day in and day out fighting against opposing forces. I feel like they should be able to handle feeling comfortable around someone who does not share the same sex appeals as they do.
There are so many different subtopics when it comes to this issue, and I feel that each one should be addressed individually according to different situations. It is not an easy thing to agree upon, but, hopefully, they will soon conclude this fued.