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"not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision ... Being a fiscal conservative" Not to argue with your beliefs, but why call yourself a "fiscal conservati
by illuminate 14y ago
"not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision
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Being a fiscal conservative"
Not to argue with your beliefs, but why call yourself a "fiscal conservative" if you're also a social conservative?
Generally people make the distinction only in the case that they do not apply religious mores to politics.
- ht_th 14y agoBecause there are other reasons to be against same-sex marriage laws. I am an advocate of a general marriage law, allowing two consenting adults to marry whatever their gender, race, age, and so on. However, I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that.
- illuminate 14y agoHow are they "two different laws"? The amended law IS the law. "I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that." The "law system" is meant to be adaptable. Simplicity is not to be prized over human rights. This seems to be an internalized moral argument masquerading as some sort of strange appeal. Which, again, is your personal opinion, but it is unnecessary to suggest that it is in the interest of society to avoid all "legal complications". The law can adapt to any complexities of reality.