Hi Iceweasel and Sallow:
If you look at ACA like prochoice or prolife policies,
does it matter if 53% want X and 47% want Y?
The prolife voters still want prolife policies 100%.
The prochoice voters still want prochoice policies 100%?
Why compromise at 53 vs. 47
Why not give all voters equal freedom to choose and fund what
they want at 100% each?
That's what people were told. Why do the percentages matter? They don't if people have no say. In a democracy it matters a great deal.
People's religious freedom should not depend on getting a majority vote to defend it.
My point is that majority rule should never be abused to impose
policies that one group believes in over the beliefs of others.
It doesn't matter if it is 53% or 75%, if 25% have a different religious
view that should be respected and not discriminated against by laws or fines as with ACA.
if these 25% AGREE to majority rule policy that's fine
But from the conservative BELIEFS in free market health care, Constitutional due process where changes to federal power require an Amendment, tax revenue bills require a different process through Congress, and health care belongs to people to decide on state levels by voting DIRECTLY on legislation (not going through Congress where they can't)
I have found NONE willing to compromise their beliefs on these points.
So that's where I recognize religious freedom trumps any abuse of majority rule
or political force and coercion to impose an opposing faith-based policy through govt.
Since ACA is not proven to work, represent the people paying for it, so there is no taxation without representation and no involuntary servitude being forced to pay for "private insurance" against one's free choice,
it remains FAITH BASED. so it is being pushed politically by people who believe in it. that is the same as religious imposition, but using political policy, language and force of law.
it is still a religiously held and bias ideology, forced onto people who clearly dissent and believe otherwise, but suffer under this majority rule policy and ability of judges to impose a ruling without their consent as well. if this was more clearly labeled a religious group such as Muslims, Hindus Christians or even Atheists pushing an agenda, people would see it is religious. but it is masked in politics, people are conditioned to accept majority rule.
in practice it is like prolife advocates pushing a bill against the beliefs and consent of prochoice, which is normally argued against for similar reasons. why not here?