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A basic human right--one much less arguable than some idea of state-granted civil union--is to have one's actions and words weighed thoughtfully. Throwing the
by angersock 13y ago
A basic human right--one much less arguable than some idea of state-granted civil union--is to have one's actions and words weighed thoughtfully.
Throwing the technical leadership of Eich out over what amounts to a difference of opinion (on perhaps an important matter) is rubbish.
Marriage is a societal compact, and as such is a product of the community in which you live. We, somewhat luckily, live in community where we can vote to establish norms. There is nothing wrong with having somebody else in the community vote or contribute with an opinion different than yours, because that is how the community comes to a consensus about its societal norms.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoLots of whitewashing there. What if it was, for instance, slavery? Does that fit your definition of societal contract? Will you go quietly to the back of the bus, if for instance, we vote that supporters of 'traditional marriage' must do so?
- angersock 13y agoSo, your two examples there: one is denying me rights as a person (instead, I become property, which has no natural rights whatsoever), and the other is infringing on my right to association and free movement. There is no such thing as a right to "marriage", because such a thing exists only as a construct of various institutions. Indeed, forcing churches or municipalities to marry people whom they don't want to is infringing on the members of the institution's right of free association. (Now, the fact that they're close-minded homophobic shitheads is perhaps true, but that's not important.)
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoPlease. Moving to the back of the bus is >> denying marriage? That institution that has repercussions in housing, taxes, rights throughout our society? Vs where you get to sit? Every 'right' is a social construct. I'm beginning to think you're trolling. And nobody is requiring churches to do anything. This is straw-man nonsense put out by the fearful.