Korea is very hostile to LGBT: recently a proposal that disallows many kinds of discrimination, including that against sexual orientation caused a lot of people to protest. The proposal was quickly withdrawn. >_>
Reason this is rage, not sad: the main reasons that were used to whip people into blindly protesting against the law are all strawmen. Every single one of them. The proposed law states that discrimination on basis of
- sexual orientation
- gender
- degree of education ("Graduated from a high school, no higher education? YOU FAIL. No, no excuses. Zero tolerance.")
- Age
- Physical disabilities
- Type of employment ('Contracted' employees are often discriminated against, such as equal work/less pay, less benefits...)
- Social status
- Region you were born in (eg, if you happen to be from a region the employer hates, it's possible you won't be hired.)
- Nationality
- Appearance (yes, it's currently legal to fire a person because you don't like how his looks)
- Marriage status
- Pregnancy (again, it's legal to fire someone because they decided to file for parental leave)
- Family status
- Race
- Color of skin
- Political views
- Morales
- Past crimes whose punishment has been served
- Sexual identity
- Military
is illegal. The arguments against the law are
1. "Gays are evil. Disallowing discrimination against gays means that people can brainwash your children into gays in school. Also gayness is a disease and if discrimination is not allowed we can't cure them. Also gays have a higher rate of crime, warp your childrens' sexual orientation, and are just bad."
2. "If discrimination against previous crimes is disallowed, even rapists and serial murderers can become a Head of a Bureau or a presient! Also, spies can become politicians!"
3. "If we can't discriminate against foreigners, we can't punish them even if they kill your children and steal all your monies!"
4. "If there's no discrimination against political views, Kim Jung-
IlEun can send propaganda into Korea and people who preach the good of communism into the busiest street in Seoul and we can't do a thing!"
5. "Since Korea is a Christian nation, we should be allowed to discriminate against gays."
Friggin' strawmen -_-
Interestingly, Korea's Catholics are silent. It's the Presbyterians (which I admit I have the shame of being affiliated with >_>) who are making such a ruckus.
Edited: for clarity.