A Harvard Student's Speech on Gay Rights

[@TehRandomFood]

Lying is a natural instict. Your second paragraph actually got me. We do infact don't know a lot about our brain. Good job, TheFubbick. I haven't lost a KZbin argument in ages. Kudos to you!

[@andreateddybear]

you are simply amazing. "prejudice does not discriminate".. wow

[@SpeedyBruin]

We've come a long way moving towards equality, but certainly we have a long way yet to go.

[@aqualad51]

a voice of truth- i'd love to follow in your footsteps. and the coretta scott king thing was perfect- i was actually wondering yesterday about mlk's position on gay rights. inspiring :)

[@cecmar3511]

Wonderful speech. I'm so glad he chose gay rights as his topic, as it definitely is the greatest civil rights issue of our generation.

[@TuxedoVaileGAMES]

Very well done Speech. I'm very glad you uploaded it.

[@TehRandomFood]

When I realized it was what everyone did, I did it. Like a fashion. I was raised to think that way, too.

[@boyboricua]

Amazing speech! He does a great job making all the points i've tried making to others on this subject. Great job!

[@joeymiller35]

Great job! We need more people to speak out like you!

[@julesario]

This guy should run for congress

[@LuvThyMind29]

This guy did a great job speaking. Why would anyone waste their time throwing insults in here? Is it fun? No. Have you got nothing better to do? I suggest you get a life. Gay people do nothing that interferes with the lives of others. If you can't stand the sight of a same-sex couple, get a blindfold and wear it around your eyes for the rest of your life. There will be a lot of things you don't like seeing. Put up with it. Leave loving comments next time. Gay people rule!!! :)

[@HHSFlutie15]

2 comments: 1. Does anyone have a transcript of this? I'm on my school's speech team (OD, if anyone's wondering) and I'm looking for something moving with a point that I agree with. This speech is fantastic, and I'd be honored to perform it week after week this coming year. 2. To all the people who hate, think about what you're saying. One of my best friends is gay, and he is one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. And also the New Testament says "love thy neighbor as thyself." Just so you know.

[@cheiscool001]

Thank god for someone so insightful

[@bbukfan]

Amendment 14: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

[@TehRandomFood]

But if we do an experiment, with a control group, that a baby born and TAUGHT that being gay or lesbian is what everyone does, he will LEARN it. After the experiment, that baby, now a kid, will have a tough time choosing to be straight. Again, I can like my red shirt, people tell me it looks bad, and i can't really instantly say its bad, i still like it.

[@9zreed]

@MaryWaterton yes and religion, the biggest lifestyle of all!

[@SpeechiesSpeakGood]

don't listen to any of these ignorant fucks' comments. you're fantastic buddy. and you are going so far in life. i admire you so much. if only i had strength like you.

[@ItsAnubliss]

when i was mature enough to choose for myself and when i became of age to understand the fundamentals of being gay straight bisexual and when i became of age and understand what it meant to be gay straight and bi i felt that i wanted to be straight but yet i want to experience being bi tho so you may call me bi-curious i hope this answers your question if it doesn't then I'm sorry

[@oetimmy]

As relevant today as when you uploaded it. I've just featured it on my blog as my pick of the day. If you wish you can find it there by clicking my name and following the links

[@rextrek]

GREAT VIDEO/AWSOME SPEECH!

[@14brodyk]

besides them. If you want to detain their rights, we should detain you of yours. You have the legal right to speak your mind, but so do we. Anything you say, ANY reason you may have for gays to not have equal rights will surely be argued. This battle may be over, but the war still drags on. The LGBT community has many supporters, like me, who will defend their rights. Love is stronger, by far, than hate. Love conquers all. Our love sees through your hate and into each heart of every gay. Thanks!

[@atheistram]

If you were born with a different predisposition, you'd be gay and Christian. You can choose your religion, you can't choose whether or not you're gay.

[@dieterhoeller4782]

can't wait till people in 1000 years find the lotr books, declare them as holy scripture and praise Lord Frodo - our savior and his 9 disciples including the one who betrayed him (Boromir) and his holy guidance (Gandalf)...

[@Croveski]

I'm laughing at everyone trying to defend themselves with the "I didn't choose to be homosexual" thing. Now I'm not arguing for or against either side, I would simply like to point out that there is little to no compelling evidence, scientifically, that would suggest that sexual orientation is not a choice made by a conscious mind. Stop kidding yourselves. If you're gay, you choose to be gay. If you're straight, you choose to be straight. All based on how you're raised and how you view the world

[@aequorblue]

I certainly don't understand that someone feels the pride of talking and deciding for someone else's life.... every person makes his her own decisions and choices.... so we cannot decide the life of others beacuse we are living different lifes... if you can't eat that well don't eat it... believe me I will still order it... you order your own food or we go to a buffet. Let me add something, I'm a gay man who fights like one and compromise to stand up for others who need it no matter what

[@617dupree]

Very well spoken.

[@punkrocker27ka]

Wonderful speech.

[@Croveski]

Allow me to rephrase: There IS compelling scientific evidence in favor of sexual orientation being a state of mind, or a belief, similar to religion. One can believe that they are homosexual or heterosexual just as one can believe in this God or that. So while you can't wake up one day and say "hmm, I want to be Gay today," you certainly aren't born with a predisposition to either orientation. It's simply a matter of the beliefs you develop as you develop and the environment you are raised in.

[@ana69able]

that kid really needs to look at his audience. what has harvard taught him about public speaking?!

[@moonlighcat135]

@TheGhov I honestly don't believe you meant that in a positive light. Why would you call a homophobic person gay unless you wanted to insult them?

[@disposablefreedom]

You have to take hormones and the chemical make up of the brain into consideration as well. Thought patterns and enviroment are what shapes learning and development outwardly. Inwardly is a completely different situation. Biological function concerning the brain may be compared to a computer but (and I stress this), the brain is unlike any computer or program. The brain is more complex and has a chemical factor that has to be taken into account when discussing innate traits and development.

[@wayneljm]

we all feel aggression when our gang or club is attacked and act naturally, however its unintelligent to act with ones own mind and pleasure in mind and function outside of a community. ask grandpa and grandma if they approve of the actions and activities of people who are merely halfway cultivated, how long can your generation last with support for uneconomical behaviors.

[@2012memphisbest]

i dont care what the goverment or us americans say about lesibian or gay person.we were not created 2 be the same & do as our friends.! if some1 feels theyre not rite 2 be with the opposite sex ITS THEIR CHOICE .& 2 those who dont know what it feels like 2 be teased everyday or shot at & called names Try stepping n their shoes 4 one day & get a feeling [Think b4u judge some1 by their character or sexuality]

[@TheDarkknightrules92]

wonderful speech! Gay rights are civil rights. they should get married.

[@spindleblood]

Bravo!!

[@wayneljm]

if it were so natural and ok, it would have already happened at one point in history, look at the past in any religion, faith and history you will see that two people married who benefit from the institution are always the opposite sex. the reason for a claim to what benefits have been set up is due to one person attempting to lay claim and be something they simply are not. the point of marriage is to have support to make people, where you came from, where we all came from.

[@too374]

@xavierz71 caps make you feel powerful?

[@Croveski]

here you go getting me all riled up. Please shut up until you can get some sort of actual evidence to counter my argument, otherwise, this conversation is over.

[@charlieblacklab]

Very nice speech.

[@Unseenman12]

Wow! He used "would of" instead of "would have."

[@TheGaylyShow]

Nice job!

[@juanitarn76]

If it's a choice, then when did you choose to be straight?

[@Lady_highrock]

all im saying is that there is not enough evidence saying that the matter is decided completely. we have only just begun to scratch the surface of our own genetic makeup, so we must wait for more studies and more tests to come out before attempting to argue one way or the other and compelling evidence that sexual orientation can and is influenced by social stimuli is not saying that that is all there is. Also do you have a source for your claims?

[@lotsofcoffeeplz]

This was an amazing speech, but sadly, I didn't really understand most of it.

[@TehRandomFood]

I'm not against homosexuals, but are you telling me you can be born different? BORN to think a different way? Are you saying that different brains are formed specifically so that they're attracted to the same sex? I was always taught everyone was born equal. It's also like how babies aren't born mean, or aren't born racists.

[@xavierz71]

LTs 20:13 - "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." Romans 1:26-27 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." THE REWARD FOR SIN IS DEATH!

[@Thebestofitalloffcial]

wow that was a great speech.

[@1clackie]

@ImYoFoodPimp i totally agree! good luck and please forgive my fellow christians who have turned into angry biggots

[@CRoadwarrior]

I expected more from a Harvard student. Yes, we got some high vocabulary, but vocabulary with empty words of sophism are meaningless. The appeal to emotion is a fallacy and does not prove anything regarding "gay rights" are the true issue. Those criminal actions against the "gay" people were wrong even if the victims were NOT gay. The sophistic attempt to make this about "equality" will not work, as most people understand that this is a game of words to get special rights for a specific view.

[@disposablefreedom]

You are entitled to your opinion.. Question: When did you make the choice to be straight?

[@777Elchico]

For every Gay person, i recommend to read the whole bible and be careful not to base who or how God is on one verse. God bless you all brothers. God loves you but not wat u do.

[@Croveski]

And another thing, the "I didn't choose to be homosexual" argument just makes you look silly. Here you are up in arms trying to get rights for homosexuals, and yet your argument is essentially saying you wish you could choose differently(see disposablefreedom's comment, for example).Be proud of the CHOICE you made. If you choose to be gay, terrific! If not, equally so! Note:I am a christian and homosexuality is against christianity. So I am not homosexual, but that doesn't give me power to judge

[@TehRandomFood]

I can.

[@TehRandomFood]

Are you calling being gay a deformity?

[@montsyblackmadonna]

@kandjispace Leviticus 18:22 !!!

[@Lady_highrock]

your missing my point I'm saying that while you still unsourced "studies" show that the brain responds to social and environmental stimulus maybe there is another potentially genetic reason which would help explain why people are attracted to others. Since Genetic testing is in its infancy due to morality concerns it lacks the time and research that physics, mathematics, and languages have. Nice try good sir but you failed to understand my first point so your last shot was off the mark

[@bbukfan]

Explain to me how two people of the same sex is in any way a method by which someone is stripped of exercise of religion. I'm an atheist, so isn't having "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the country stripping me of my belief that there is no God and a violation of the Establishment Clause simultaneously. Homosexuals are NOT protected under the law like every individual; only in 20 states are there protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

[@ferm4775]

Check out. "gay rights project 2013"

[@xavierz71]

@TheGhov YA RIGHT! WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION? OR EXPLAIN WHAT FISTING, RIMMING AND SCATTING IS TO EVERYBODY! SO THEY CAN HAVE A REAL EDUCATION! THEN HOW YOU SERVE FOOD AND DRINKS AFTER YOU WERE FULL OF EXCREMENT!

[@ItsAnubliss]

how is it not a choice?

[@AmazingLadyy13]

Holy fuck im showing that to obama

[@Croveski]

Also, if you're going to bring up the argument that you just did, then we might as well throw all science out the window, right? Because maybe in 50 years we'll have the technology to prove it differently. Forget physics, it'll be different in 50 years! Why should we waste time studying mathematics when it's just going to change in the future? Surely we shouldn't be developing our language skills, in 50 years we might speak a different language! ...Do you see how silly that argument is, now?

[@sagala30]

@gerry5933 see if adam knew what he would be getting him self into when he took the forbiden fruit from eve this world would be perfect & there wouldnt be any conflect or complaints but i can see why people fall away from church because its boring & theres no excitment coz i totally doubt you go to church coz if you did you would have an open mind & accept people for who they are rather than trying to change them for your sake,

[@sagala30]

@gerry5933 being gay is not a mistake but it is a mistake to take contorl of someone elses life its not up to you how people live their life but it is up to you to get along with them, its not ok to point & judge as the bible says but it is ok to treat people how you wish to be treated your self, thanks to adam who took part in eating the forbiden fruit which allowed God to test the faith of human nature to see just how well we get along without the hate but i guess you dont see that

[@disposablefreedom]

You're comparing orientation to fashion? It's not that simple, you are inately who you are and there is no changing it. If you could decide, you could decide to be Gay tommorrow. Can you? Can you change your attraction from the opposite sex tommorrow? Can you desire the same sex at will? Seriously...

[@Croveski]

What you just said essentially is not christian. It is made abundantly clear that the ONLY way to get in to heaven is to accept Jesus Christ as your savior. All free will decisions you make beyond that, both christian and sinful, determine the blessings you receive. Choosing to be gay may be a sin, but it certainly won't keep you out of heaven.

[@disposablefreedom]

No one chooses their sexuallity.. :/

[@Aerophire]

What preference are you speaking of? How can you presume to know what it is to be gay...

[@MarkPatro]

God created all of us with a variety of sexual orientations. Your vies that there is only one true orientation is the problem. The problem is your disbelief. The problem is not gay people making a choice to be different that you. We do not make a choice about our sexual orientation. The only thing we choose is to stand up and tell the truth about who we are. God created both you and me the way we are. When you accept "God's purposeful diversity" then you will understand.

[@atheistram]

No it isn't. If all humans are born the same, can you explain why some humans are born with debilitating physical deformities and some aren't?

[@danielwest3334]

...babies are born asexual...*disturbing images of a bay splitting itself in half to create a twin; who then splits itself until there is an extensive army of babies* that's rather disturbing dude ._.

[@Thebestofitalloffcial]

so you want all of the kids to stay in orphanages? They dont need parents, they are fine where they are? Or would you rather have those children be adopted into a very loving couple that could raise the child just as good as a straight couple?

[@Thebestofitalloffcial]

Marriage is not for reproducing. People have kids without getting married, people get married and never have kids. allowing gays to marry will do nothing to children. Unless they adopt, which even that is has no negative effect on children. Look up "depfox" and watch some of their videos. then come back and respond.

[@moonlighcat135]

@TheGhov It's funny, because you're being equally as childish. I also find it insulting that you used gay as something bad, it's as if you're fueling his fire.

[@PokyHighKid]

@777Elchico Telling gay people to read the bible is not the answer. Did you not watch the speech? Did we tell blacks & women to read the bible when they were being oppressed? A 2 thousand year old book vs. what's moral and right. Get out of the fight because the oppressors never win. Maybe you should read a history book instead...

[@Croveski]

You also bring up "beaten, humiliated, and insulted" as an argument. There's a reason homosexuality is a minority population, and you just pointed out why. That's it. That's not evidence of scientific law.

[@TehRandomFood]

Yeah they do.... They don't get born that way.

[@2012memphisbest]

every gY person is not CHRISTIAN.their r many other religions

[@777Elchico]

Im christian but i do not support gay marriage but every men and women have and should have their rights in being who they want to be and God loves everyone but God is not a human but he understands the human although God has established since creation the marriage of Man and Woman not men with men or women with women. For gay cannot procreate and gays will never fully understand the woman nor the lesbian the man.

[@TbonesandJen]

gay

[@Lady_highrock]

two major flaws in your such logic, mathmatics, physics and even languages all have so much accumulated research behind them that 50 years is not going to do much, it will deepen our understanding of those fields and maybe open up more but unless a new cosmic player comes into the game we sould be alright. Concerning you previous argument scientists today have just scratched the surface for genetic studies, behavioral sciences are still in adolesence due to the nature of the human mind. plus

[@XAlphaKing7]

wow i dont support gay rights and i find this wrong

[@revslavery]

Gay.

[@onceateacher]

If you're going to be a bigot and resort to baby actions like name-calling...learn how to spell. Ha!

[@Croveski]

Maybe you better do some scientific research. I will say this once again. There is NO compelling scientific evidence that suggests sexual orientation is anything but a choice. There are many reasons to choose to be gay: You simply like people of the same sex. You want to be part of a community, or you even want to be part of a movement (yes, some people choose to be gay simply for attention) Also, I posted that comment 7 months ago. Why are you bothering me >.< go away

[@NantNia]

Falch o gloed mae bobol yn barod i sefull i fynu .

[@i0wnun00b77]

SMD

[@gerry5933]

@idaman12345 Obviously your athiest

[@onceateacher]

Wow, angry, dillusional, raging, sick, sad, a horrible speller. A likely future in-patient.

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