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The '''gay rights''' movement seeks to elevate [[homosexuality]] to the same level of social and political respectability as heterosexual relationships. It denies or dismisses the Biblical prohibitions against homosexual acts and the proven health risks of gay sex.  

The '''gay rights''' movement seeks to elevate [[homosexuality]] to the same level of social and political respectability as heterosexual relationships. Although the Bible prohibits homosexual acts, activists point out that such prohibitions are found in the old testament among a variety of outdated and ignored guidelines. For example, it is no longer acceptable to treat one's wife or children as property; clearly Christianity has evolved beyond the rules that bound it thousands of years ago. Additionally, the levels of STI's in the heterosexual population has become equal to that in the homosexual population. It can no longer be claimed that gay sex poses a greater health risk than any other form of intercourse.

It seeks to remove the stigma of [[sexual perversion]] from homosexuality by arguing that either,  

With arguments against homosexuality largely dispelled, the gay rights movement seeks to remove the stigma of [[sexual perversion]] from homosexuality by arguing that either,  

# Homosexuality is an immutable trait, and discriminating against immutable traits is wrong (cf. race discrimination), or,

# Homosexuality is an immutable trait, and discriminating against immutable traits is wrong (cf. race discrimination), or,

# Homosexuality, if not immutable, is highly correlated with personality, and discriminating against such deeply rooted notions of self is wrong, as well (cf. religious intolerance).

# Homosexuality, if not immutable, is highly correlated with personality, and discriminating against such deeply rooted notions of self is wrong, as well (cf. religious intolerance).