Reaction from every single person with strong political opinions regarding the results of a poll:
(If poll shows the majority disapproves his position) “So what if THEY are the ‘majority’. The majority of people thought slavery was a very good and morally correct thing. Guess what? They were f**king wrong!! Just because something is more popular, it doesn’t mean it’s right to impose it on everyone else! What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong, regardless of how many believe otherwise. And democracies were created to uphold what is right, and to prevent those who are wrong from imposing their beliefs on everyone else regardless of whatever ‘circumstantial majority’ they might have.”
(If poll shows the majority approves of his position) “We are the majority! We are the right ones! We should totally impose our will on that stupid minority who stubbornly refuses to acknowledge their immorality!”
From what I understand, 53% want to allow same-sex marriage, not “impose it on everyone else”. How I like my wiener treated should be my own darn problem, unless I go about treating others to it without their permission (or that of their guardians).
And don’t give me no shit about marriage being a good Christian tradition. It’s a good Muslim tradition, a good Norse tradition, and a good pagan or heathen tradition too.
Reaction from every single person with strong political opinions regarding the results of a poll:
(If poll shows the majority disapproves his position) “So what if THEY are the ‘majority’. The majority of people thought slavery was a very good and morally correct thing. Guess what? They were f**king wrong!! Just because something is more popular, it doesn’t mean it’s right to impose it on everyone else! What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong, regardless of how many believe otherwise. And democracies were created to uphold what is right, and to prevent those who are wrong from imposing their beliefs on everyone else regardless of whatever ‘circumstantial majority’ they might have.”
(If poll shows the majority approves of his position) “We are the majority! We are the right ones! We should totally impose our will on that stupid minority who stubbornly refuses to acknowledge their immorality!”
Well, no. I just see it as a step in the right direction. I always thought everyone should be afforded rights, whether I was in the majority or not.
From what I understand, 53% want to allow same-sex marriage, not “impose it on everyone else”. How I like my wiener treated should be my own darn problem, unless I go about treating others to it without their permission (or that of their guardians).
And don’t give me no shit about marriage being a good Christian tradition. It’s a good Muslim tradition, a good Norse tradition, and a good pagan or heathen tradition too.
I think the compromise should be just to ban all marriage.
Or marriage between people who don’t love eachother – Onion did this a while back, I thought the interviews were hysterical.
Or just define it as a partnership at the legal level and let the partners call it whatever they want themselves.
I’m actually curious, is anyone on this board against gay marriage at all?