political thoughts
here are some thoughts I've had regarding the gay marriage debates
So lately I've given some thoughts to the debate that seems to be raging about whether gay marriages should be legal or not, and I can't help but wonder why not? Whenever people start saying that they should not be legal, they always quote moral reasons. I ask this: What is the purpose of the United States governement? Is it to enforce one person or group's view's of morality upon a whole? The constitution clearly states that we are to have the freedom to choose whatever religion we want, so if 'morality' is given as the reasoning, then it must be due to a large percentage of the population deeming it as the morally upstanding viewpoint. If 60% (an arbitrary % I am using to show a point) of the population thought that gay marriages were morally wrong, would that make them wrong? What about the remaining 40% of the population? Do their views just not count? It sounds like the religion known as 'the majority' would be represented in that case while everyone else was being put down. Hell, the KKK gets the right to believe what they want, and even has the option of having peaceful parades, yet I'm sure that nearly everyone wishes that they couldn't, so why can't gay people get married? It's not like it's harming anyone. The purpose of our government should be to keep it's subjects safe (both from external threats and from internal threats ), not to enforce one group's views of what is right and what is wrong upon everyone. That's just my thoughts right now.
So lately I've given some thoughts to the debate that seems to be raging about whether gay marriages should be legal or not, and I can't help but wonder why not? Whenever people start saying that they should not be legal, they always quote moral reasons. I ask this: What is the purpose of the United States governement? Is it to enforce one person or group's view's of morality upon a whole? The constitution clearly states that we are to have the freedom to choose whatever religion we want, so if 'morality' is given as the reasoning, then it must be due to a large percentage of the population deeming it as the morally upstanding viewpoint. If 60% (an arbitrary % I am using to show a point) of the population thought that gay marriages were morally wrong, would that make them wrong? What about the remaining 40% of the population? Do their views just not count? It sounds like the religion known as 'the majority' would be represented in that case while everyone else was being put down. Hell, the KKK gets the right to believe what they want, and even has the option of having peaceful parades, yet I'm sure that nearly everyone wishes that they couldn't, so why can't gay people get married? It's not like it's harming anyone. The purpose of our government should be to keep it's subjects safe (both from external threats and from internal threats ), not to enforce one group's views of what is right and what is wrong upon everyone. That's just my thoughts right now.