Hi Billy, On Jul 3, 2013, at 3:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> There is no such thing as a right to be mentally ill. > There is no such thing as a right for mentally ill people to get married. > There is no such thing as a right of mentally ill people be treated equally > with sane people under the Law. That is, if anything, even *more* controversial a claim than that homosexuality should be banned. I think you'll have a much *easier* time proving that homosexuality is a mental illness than convincing America that mentally ill people don't deserve equal protection under the law. >From my experience, unless the mental illness is creating an immediate threat >to themselves or someone else (versus merely bad choices that are *likely* to >cause harm), current law and practice is on the the side of *protecting* the >rights of the mentally ill. You may not like or agree with that fact, but you darn well need to take it into consideration. -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
