Originally posted by bishop375: Discrimination is defined as
Originally posted by dictionary.com:Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit
Because Texas has now amended their state contsitution to inform a specific minority that they do not have the same rights as other people.
While you're at it, why not say that only people of the same race can marry?
Everything in today's society is 'discrimination', and that is not what I am condoning. Its obvious by the voter turn out and voting record in this issue that the people of Texas do not want this to be going on within their state. Period. This just goes to show that people still have power within their governments.
And since you obviously didn't see my last statement I'll bold it this time be it right or wrong.
Its good to see the citizen still has powers in his government. Period.
The points are both valid. Like it or not, the system is based on majority rule. What one views as descrimination, another will view as protecting their deeply held convictions. When these two conflict, majority rules.
Sometimes the things get cloudy. For example, abortion. Woman�s right to choose is now constitutional. I, as a Catholic, don't agree, but as an American I cannot & will not impose my personal views on others. Fine, right? No.
The reason for the objection is that my tax dollars are being collected to fund the very things that my faith most abhors. The poorest among us cannot pay for the procedure themselves, therefore my tax dollars are put to use in 'clinics'. To a person of profound faith, the thought of being responsible for paying for such things is devastating.
A possible solution to this dilema is segregation. Like minded people should be able to get together & form their own community to share their values & views with their children & neighbors. Unfortunately, the current trend toward secularism & 'enlightened' organizations like the ACLU will oppose such things on priciple, without regard to whether or not anybody in such a community is being denied any basic rights or freedoms. Which brings us back to the same old debate of freedom of choice. When a such a community is forced to accept secularist doctrine, is their right to choose & their freedom of religion being infringed by those sworn to protect such freedoms?
