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Originally posted by acludem
This a democracy, jimmy, that means majority rule with protection for the minority. The majority of Germans wanted to slaughter Jews wholesale while Hitler was in power. Was that okay? The majority of Americans (and some on this list still) though blacks were inferior and should be segregated and discriminated against? Was that okay since it was "socially acceptable"?
This is a democracy. We have made many strides toward equality for all in our 225 year history. This is one more stride for equality we must make. It took 80 years to get rid of slavery. It took nearly 100 years after that to guarantee equality for blacks after that. Women fought until 1920 to vote and have any type of rights. People with disabilities fought until the ADA in 1990. It took years but we did the right thing in those cases. Now it's time to do right for our gay and lesbian citizens.
acludem
1 thing wrong with trying to equate those 3 groups to gays. They are not engaging in any pervertred behaviors and they also happen to be born that way or in the case of the handicapped, through some carastrophic accident, gays chose their lot in life and it will never be proved otherwise.