Mississippi Gay Bar Denied License

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The article "Mississippi Gay Bar Denied License"demonstrated the incident occurred in Mississippi that displayed the discrimination targeted at Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, a.k.a LGBT community. A woman named Pat "PJ" Newton attempted to revive the Gay Bar she operated decades ago. However, Ms. Newton confronted denial in opening the gay bar although Ms. Newton met all the requirements for the operation of business. The residents of Ms. Newton's town placed an obstacle in her way with a reason being her homosexuality.

As California legalized the gay marriages, acceptance of and controversy on homosexuality aroused as one of the most arguable subjects among the people. Denial to Ms. Newton's operation in business with an unfair reason of her sexual identity violated the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under law. Even though, in modern society, as clearly depicted,  homosexuals are equally protected under the law,  Mississippi incident showed that not everyone agrees with LGBT being classified as "normal". The justification people who signed the petition to prevent from Ms. Newton operating a bar suggested was to prevent their children entering "that kind of" bar. Such statement contains the animosity against homosexuality that is buried deep down in one's heart. 

Whether people consider LGBT as "normal" may depend on one's perspective. Christians perceive homosexual as a sin, for it defeats the reason why God created human. However, in personal opinion, being homosexual should neither be interfered nor be embarrassed by the others. Being homosexual is not a malevolent or harmful action, but just being truthful to oneself. Clearly, Mississippi incident exemplified how people hurt other people's rights. Despite it may not contain any malevolent intention, people insisted to interlope in one's business just because that business was relative to LBGT. Homosexual people should receive equal rights as everyone else.