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Being Gay Should Be Okay

Being a homosexual is something to be proud of in this day and age. The fact that there are still so many stigmas behind being a homosexual is a sign that society is not yet accepting of everyone that it is comprised of. The problems with gay rights can be seen across the globe and they must be changed in order for people to live well alongside one another.

After getting a string of complaints that a certain display was offensive, a Macy`s department store removed part of a window display marking Boston`s gay pride week. Two male mannequins, with one wearing a gay pride rainbow flag around his waist, were part of the display. Right next to the mannequins was a list of the events to take place during the week.

MassResistance, which has campaigned against gay marriages and gay themed textbooks in public schools, objected to the display and had many of their supporters complain to Macy`s about the display. Elina Kazan, a Macy`s spokeswoman, stated that because of the complaints, Macy`s would remove the two mannequins from the display but leave the list of events up. She also stated that the mannequins were not used in previous years for the display. However, the move seems to not be sitting so well with the ACLU, who criticized Macy`s for giving into an anti-gay group, and rightfully so.