What perhaps irritates me the most about this decision (which started out in my own state) is the response of many other (so-called) conservatives in print and on radio. Many have hailed it as a victory for personal freedom against government intrusion while at the same time saying that they do not or probably do not approve of the homosexual practise themselves.
This is the kind of moral cop-out that drives me up the wall, the same kind the so-called Catholics like Ted Kennedy and Martin Sheen use to justify their support of abortion 'rights'. They say, "I don't approve of it myself but I support others' right to do it". If you believe something is wrong, you have a moral DUTY to oppose it, otherwise you are betraying your own principles. It would be the same as saying (and is with abortion) that you don't approve of murder, but if someone else wants to kill a person, it is none of your business to interfere.
"Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything." -G.K. Chesterton
What perhaps irritates me the
What perhaps irritates me the most about this decision (which started out in my own state) is the response of many other (so-called) conservatives in print and on radio. Many have hailed it as a victory for personal freedom against government intrusion while at the same time saying that they do not or probably do not approve of the homosexual practise themselves.
This is the kind of moral cop-out that drives me up the wall, the same kind the so-called Catholics like Ted Kennedy and Martin Sheen use to justify their support of abortion 'rights'. They say, "I don't approve of it myself but I support others' right to do it". If you believe something is wrong, you have a moral DUTY to oppose it, otherwise you are betraying your own principles. It would be the same as saying (and is with abortion) that you don't approve of murder, but if someone else wants to kill a person, it is none of your business to interfere.
"Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything." -G.K. Chesterton