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Originally Posted by Pokerlogist
Sex among consenting adults harms no one. Nazi activities harm people. Anti-gay policies harm people (See the story of the hero Alan Turing and many others). Anti-gay policies are contrary to Jesus's message of "love thy neighbor". Simple isn't it?
Yes, it is very simple. Only a few decades ago gay people were subject to prison, institutionalization, wide-spread persecution and false propaganda.
The latter two are still happening, and some progressive nations have therefore taken it upon themselves to treat it as a protected group. It is a very basic application of law: Protecting perfectly lawful and harmless citizens from ongoing undue harm and negative discrimination.
The main act in US law in regards to this is the civil rights act. Which Dooordonot is essentially claiming is unfair because it does not protect nazis.
I mean, yes... by some rhetorically useless usage of the word "fair", the law is unfair. For example it treats the man who stabs you and you the victim differently. So it is inherently unfair. But now you have completely and utterly removed the word "fair" from having any connection to the word "justice", so why even bother to be in the conversation? It's such an obtuse argument without any connection to what "laws" are actually about.
Law is a practical application of politics and ethics, not an exercise in defeating philosophical skepticism and, reaching objectively proven truths and they are not meant to apply in perfectly idealized vacuums where history does not exist.
Last edited by tame_deuces; 06-16-2018 at 12:37 PM.