Why are we so blind?
November 5, 2008 8:07 AM   Subscribe

(1) Women should not have the right to vote. (2) African-Americans should not be allowed to sit in the front of the bus. (3) A person shouldn't be allowed to marry someone of the same sex. If we so disagree with (1) and (2), why, why do we not see (3) as a discrimination equally unacceptable? The apparent defeat of California's Proposition 8 saddens me deeply. When will we realize that we as intelligent, moral people are choosing daily to discriminate?
posted by jackypaper to Society & Culture (6 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not really a question, anyone who doesn't agree with you can't really honestly answer this the way you have framed it. -- jessamyn

 
Proposition 8 would ban same-sex marriage.
posted by sanko at 8:14 AM on November 5, 2008


This is really political-plea-chatfilter rather than a question with answers.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:14 AM on November 5, 2008


It's because some people believe that homosexuality is a choice, whereas sex and race aren't. Why that's even relevant is beyond me.
posted by wastelands at 8:15 AM on November 5, 2008


It's our generation's interracial marriage.

/see ya thread!
posted by unixrat at 8:16 AM on November 5, 2008


Chatfilter
posted by BobbyVan at 8:16 AM on November 5, 2008


I sympathize with your position, but this question is not-really-answerable chatfilter.
posted by adamrice at 8:16 AM on November 5, 2008


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