Originally posted by detachedindividual
reply to post by Jim Scott
What I have seen is a lot of idiots voting to remove a right from a minority. That is not acceptable in any democracy.
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Def. of "right": a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral. That which is due to anyone by just claim, legal guarantees, moral principles, etc.
Do homosexuals have the right to marry?
1. They do not have a legal right until established by law. Therefore, we are not taking away their right.
2. They do not have a just claim or title, because no just (def. of just: in accordance with or aadhering to the principles of justice, or with correct principles) claim or title exists. Therefore we are not taking away their claim or title.
3. They do not have a moral right (def. of "moral": Of, pertaining to, or concerned with right conduct or its principles, or conforming to these principles rather than to law, custom, etc.) because homosexual sex is immoral, i.e., not considered by the majority as right conduct.
Homosexuals do not have the right to marry, therefore they are not being deprived of their rights. Until a law is passed to enable them to marry, the right to marry does not exist. Therefore, society is preventing the passage of laws that enable homosexual marriage.
If you are fighting for homosexual rights, you are not fighting for homosexual marriage because the laws do not exist and the act is considered immoral by the vast majority of the world.
