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The cause he donated to was to deny LGBT people fundamental human rights. That makes one a bigot. Look up the Popper's paradox of tolerance.
by cultus 6y ago
The cause he donated to was to deny LGBT people fundamental human rights. That makes one a bigot.
Look up the Popper's paradox of tolerance.
- dotancohen 6y agoA piece of paper promising fidelity is a fundamental human right? At most it is a religious construct, by definition not fundamental and far from universal. At a minimum, it is a government or social formality. And in both cases, it is designed to provide stability for the offspring birthed of such a union in societies unaccepting of bastard births.
- cultus 6y agoA marriage is a legal contract, not a piece of paper promising fidelity. Fidelity has not mattered legally for a while now. Romantic pairing is a common enough human thing that it makes sense to have legal constructs to protect both parties. If you are affording these protections to opposite-sex couples, then it is blatant discrimination not to do the same for same-sex couples. There is no rational basis for making such a restriction, after all. Legal marriage, as in a civil arrangement, isn't really a right. However, being treated equally under the law is a right. I am an atheist and yet I am married. I know other atheists who are married. Marriage can have religious aspects, but it doesn't have to.
- dotancohen 6y ago> Romantic pairing is a common enough human thing that it > makes sense to have legal constructs to protect both parties. Why does either party need protection in a romantic pairing? I've been in dozens of romantic pairings but I did the religious ceremony only with the pairing that was expected to produce children.