In order to have laws that provide for rights to some in a way that the keep others from their own rights comes down to a question of morality.
The have a speed limit on road is about safety; however it prevents people from the right to drive whatever speed they want because society has determined that public safety is more important than the individual fun, is this not based on morality? The people must have some level of general compromise regarding morality that is reflected in law. Otherwise we wouldn't differentiate between manslaughter and murder. Government doesn't decide what is right, and what is wrong, there is something greater than that. However man, needs some sort of order, and we create that order with laws, and from time to time those laws reflect our own morality. Government is more than just some group that deals with infrastructure, and budgets. Health Care and Unemployment systems aren't there because it creates and equal playing field, they don't. Those systems are there to ensure people don't die. Of course they still do, but those laws find some basis in morals. The Constitution states that the purpose of the document is to ensure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare. Justice and Liberty are already there, these two items go beyond that. They deal with the human condition, and attempt to deal in some way with right and wrong. Those two terms deal with opinions that are different from place to place, and culture to culture. In some places tranquility is only possible when nobody has alcohol. Some people believe different, and so their right to protest and speak out against it is protected. As humans we can change our mind should we be convinced, and thus change those laws. In the case of homosexuality, many don't see it as a simple question of right and wrong, because they only apply those words to people they can consider equal. Several hundred years ago white people considered people that had a different skin color, or weren't Christian weren't actually human, or at best a lesser type of human. Today many believe that about homosexuality, that if homosexuals are so naturally, they are less human, and those that make the choice are really heterosexuals that are confused. So marriage rights don't apply to one, and they do apply to the other if they would just act normal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > And that's the problem. There's a huge population of Americans that > have the same misunderstanding you do. > > I can't tell you any simpler than this: the road to hell begins when > government starts deciding what's "right". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199695 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
