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Analysis of Equality U video

1. Describe somethin in the documentary that shoc!ed or saddened you and e"#lain $hy.%here are over &'' United States University and collees that have clear #olicies that

directly discriminate aainst ay( bise"ual( lesbian and transender students) also abbreviated as

*+,% students. A ood e"am#le is that of *iberty University $here there are strict rules aainst

lesbian and ay students. Such students are sub-ected to disci#linary consequences and even

forced counselin and even e"#ulsion. In the movie Equality U( a very emotional story of

youn collee aed *,+% is sho$n as they embar! on a bus ride that ta!es t$o months to face

u# to homo#hobia and encourae *,+% in cam#uses of faith. It $as so saddenin to hear ho$

students suffer from school rules sim#ly because they have a different vie$ on se"uality.

%he story on the number of students $ho have failed to achieve their educational dreams and

even have one to the e"treme level of committin suicide for the bein denied the chance to

#ractice their choice. Christianity based schools have been !no$n to be encourain this

discriminatory act by citin their reasons from the ,ible. It $as very encourain seein very

smart and +od lovin youn students. Such students have been tryin to hel# their friends $ho

have been strulin $ith the school rules denyin their friends the riht to e"ercise their human

rihts.&. About 1' minutes into the film( the Cofounder for Soulforce( $hen referrin to *iberty

University students and administrators( said( /%hese fol!s are victims of misinformation.0

hat did he mean2 Use e"am#les stated by either *iberty students or Equality 3iders. 45

#oints6.%he movie starts off so $ell( and students and teacher ivin their o#inion and sharin

their understandin on ho$ *+,% students should be . %he equality rider rou# e"#lains $hy

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lesbianism( ay and straiht relationshi# should be treated equally in schools. %hose $ho believe

the act is evil and is #rohibited by the bible also et the o##ortunity to e"#lain their #osition. A

ood e"am#le is $hen the movie reached 1' minutes from the start $hen *iberty University

students and administrators referred to the riders as fol!s $ho are sufferin from misinformation.

%he reason for referrin to them as victims $ho suffer from misinformation is because they also

use the scri#ture to e"#lain their #osition. Activists e"#lained that they are also of +od( and they

believe that *+,% are also reconi7ed and loved by +od -ust the same $ay those $ho #ractice

straiht relationshi#. Accordin to *iberty University Students( liftin information from the bible

to e"#lain their #osition $as sim#ly a misinformation( and there is no round on that. Equality

riders( on the other hand( believe that Christian collees $ho o##ose *+,% acts citin s#iritual

reason are the one $ho are inter#retin the bible in a $ron $ay.

Citin one of the e"am#les iven by one of the Equality riders $ho e"#lained that $hen

she $as chased a$ay because of her se"ual orientation( it $as not +od $ho chased her( but 8is

children did chase her. 9ne rider ives the other e"am#le ma!e clear that the issues are not about

$ho is #racticin evil but $hat matters is $ho $ill be in hell. 8e challened their collees to

sto# focusin on their acts as bein an evil act as the scri#ture #resents cases of homose"ual and

lesbianism as $ell.. hat do you see as the ultimate oal:#ur#ose of the Equality 3iders2

%he ultimate oal of the youn activists in Equality rider is to o round and let !no$n

that *+,% students are -ust students the other ones and their riht of choice should be. %hrouh

the ride and the #ublic debates $ith the reliious schools( they intend to hel# students $ho are

sufferin silently and hel# the administration !no$ that they deserve a better treatment. %houh

this -ourney( Equality riders believe that they $ill be able to chane their #erce#tion on *+,%

students and be chance to #ursue their educational dreams $ithout fear of bein discriminated.