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The Salem Witch Trials were a series of accusations against several woman, claiming them to be witches.

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In Salem, Massachusetts,  women were accused of using witchcraft. One of the contributors that led people to think this is the number of people suddenly getting sick and the death of crops. Since the doctors didn’t have any ideas as to why the girls were getting sick and having fits, they blamed it on witchcraft. They had no strong and hard evidence but the women accused didn’t have any evidence either. Women didn’t have equal rights back then, especially because they were all followers of the Puritan religion. They wanted to do things which the religion forbid and they were viewed differently because of this.

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People who being to the LGBT (or LGBTQQIP2SAA community) community are viewed differently than people who believe in traditional values. In the view of most Republicans and several individuals, they are different and should be discriminated. For example, Trump recently stated that he would ban transgender people from participating in the military.

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According to UC Davis, Homosexual individuals were viewed as mentally sick and people who didn’t belong. Some religions, especially, strongly opposed any ideas against the traditional ones where a man and a woman were married.
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national association for research and therapy of homosexuality

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Homosexuality is no longer considered a form of mental illness by mainstream psychologists and psychiatrists

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There are several significant events that show the beliefs against this community of individuals. As you can see in the map, there are many states, mainly the Republican areas, where gay marriage is illegal.

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The LGBT community and the women who were accused of witchcraft during the time of the Salem Witch Trials are both similar because they have different values compared to religious beliefs of specific individuals. Because of this, both the LGBT community today and the women in the time of Salem Witch Trials were discriminated and targeted

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Recent Events Against the LGBT community 

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Recent Events Against the LGBT community 

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In a West Virginia court case, Steward Butler saw a gay couple, got out of his car, and punched both the men. Steward wasn't charged for a hate crime as West Virginia's hate crime law does NOT include anti-gay attacks.

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If people are willing to fight for the country, why should we stop them?

More discrimination against the LGBT community

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President Trump has signed a memo implementing his new policy on transgender people serving in the armed forces.

A senior White House official told reporters that no transgender individuals will be allowed to join the armed services unless and until the secretary of defense and secretary of homeland security recommend otherwise.

The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are part of the Department of Defense. The Coast Guard, also covered by the new policy, is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The memo halts use of all Defense and Homeland Security resources for sex change surgery for those now serving. The only exception is for transgender service members already in treatment. This will become effective March 23, 2018, to give time for officials to develop an implementation policy.

The change in policy that would have allowed transgender people to join the military had been announced by former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter but never implemented, unlike the policy change that allowed current transgender military personnel to serve openly.

The policy prohibiting transgender individuals serving in the military is restored by the memo. For transgender service members already serving, the memo directs the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to determine what to do with them based on how their continued service affects military effectiveness, lethality, resources and unit cohesion.

The memo calls for an implementation plan to be submitted to the president by March 23, 2018.

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Trump Signs Memo Implementing Ban On Transgender People Enlisting In The Military

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President Trump has signed a memo implementing his new policy on transgender people serving in the armed forces. A senior White House official told reporters that no transgender individuals will be allowed to join the armed services unless and until the secretary of defense and secretary of homeland security recommend otherwise.

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What Could Have Been Avoided with the LGBTIQCAPGNGFNBA community?

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What Could Have Been Avoided with the LGBTIQCAPGNGFNBA community?

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We could have avoided the LGBT community being treated unfairly by a lot of states in the USA. If we learned people that have different beliefs and do different things are not meant to be treated unfairly, then there would not be problems between the USA and the LGBT community. There would not be violence and profanity surrounding these communities if the USA learned a lesson from the Salem Witch Trials.