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Nov. 4th, 2009 02:30 pmHere's something I don't understand:
Why do we get to vote on other people's rights?
Why does the public get to have a say over whether a minority group has the same rights as the majority? Isn't that counter to the spirit of America, of freedom and equality?
This whole marriage-rights thing, I just don't get it. I mean, can we all have a vote to take away black people's voting rights? Or say that Hispanics can't own property? It's the same thing, isn't it? How does the majority get to say that one group can't have the same rights as everyone else? And for that matter, how un-American is that, to say "everyone gets the same treatment, except you, 'cause you're different"?
Why do we get to vote on other people's rights?
Why does the public get to have a say over whether a minority group has the same rights as the majority? Isn't that counter to the spirit of America, of freedom and equality?
This whole marriage-rights thing, I just don't get it. I mean, can we all have a vote to take away black people's voting rights? Or say that Hispanics can't own property? It's the same thing, isn't it? How does the majority get to say that one group can't have the same rights as everyone else? And for that matter, how un-American is that, to say "everyone gets the same treatment, except you, 'cause you're different"?
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