Originally posted by sigma:
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Unless, of course, the vast majority hold values contrary to the supposed "right".



Why does this continue to be brought up?

Virtually every single piece of civil rights progression has been made in this country in spite of the majority not holding the same values. We'd be a hundred years behind where we are today if we waited until the majority's values changed in pace with the various civil rights movements of women and minorities.



I'm not so sure I believe that either. I don't believe there was an overwhelming majority that wanted to continue slavery or sufferage when they were abolished. I'm talking the US as a whole during the Civil War, not just southern plantation owners.

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