A terrible inequality has cast an ominous shadow over the
fruited plain, yet no one will speak of it: a large and growing gap between the
wages of homosexuals and heterosexuals. According to Money magazine, comprehensive data released by the United States
Treasury Department in September of 2016 revealed that gay couples earn an
average of $63,000 more per year than
straight couples do. Lesbian pairs received $11,000 more annually than those in
traditional male-female marriages. (For that matter, single lesbians, on average, are paid
significantly more than single heterosexual women).
Where
is the outcry? Why isn’t the mainstream media filled with tragic stories of
plucky straight folks trying to survive against overwhelming discrimination?
Experts
believe there are two main reasons for the gulf in incomes between homosexual
and heterosexual working couples. First, far fewer gay couples have kids.
Propagation of the species necessarily demands one partner take a leave from
work, and sometimes even- at least temporarily- work only part time. Secondly,
they say, a high percentage of gays and lesbians reside in major cities along
the coasts, where incomes tend to be significantly higher than in the more
rural areas of flyover country.
Nice
try, experts, but that doesn’t cover up the very real and pernicious
discrimination that’s truly behind this heinous and intolerable injustice.
My
fellow heterosexuals, we must bridge the gay-straight wage gap. I have a dream
that our children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged
by their sexual orientation but by the content of their character! I have a
dream today. We must permanently penetrate the “sass ceiling!”
“What
do we want?”
“Gay
pay!”
“When
do we want it?”
“Now!”
"What do we want?"
"Gay pay!"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"
“Hey,
hey, ho, ho, the gay-straight pay gap’s got to go! Hey, hey, ho, ho…”
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