The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104394   Message #2145658
Posted By: Greg B
10-Sep-07 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: On Same-Sex Marriages
Subject: RE: BS: On Same-Sex Marriages
So you put same-sex marriage in the same bucket as "massive drug use and
addiction, pornography in all its sleazy forms, exploitation of children
for money?"

Personally, I'd put it in the same category of "freedom of religion,"
"freedom of speech," "freedom of association," "separation of church
and state."

While we're loathing the West so much--- do you really believe that
drug addiction is a Western phenomenon? And who is to say that
"pornography in all its sleazy forms" isn't an expression of free
speech and thought? (Well, at least in SOME of its sleazy forms.)
That it isn't, in fact, an indication that at least some of society
has put aside prudishness? And, as far as I can tell, "exploitation
of children for money" seems to be most dominant in the Third World,
where they labor in sweat shops to produce cheap goods for the West,
while enjoying none of the fruits of their labors.

The difference, to me, is not whether "most...condemn
homosexuality by a huge majority" but rather whether that "huge
majority" recognizes the limits of its power to act upon that
moral judgment, or to impose it upon a minority. The Islamist,
for example, feels perfectly free to impose 'Islamic law' as
the law under which all in his particular geographic area will
live. So, unfortunately, does the Fundamentalist Christian in
many cases. Both have a problem with the line between where
their own lives end, and where the lives of others begin.