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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 ensure that gay men and women are granted the same rights as heterosexuals. Some within the movement deny or dismiss the Biblical prohibitions against homosexual acts. The movement was on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic, and began to promote the concept of "safe sex" long before most in the USA were even aware of the disease.

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

It seeks to remove the stigma of [[sexual perversion]] that some societies place on 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).