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Sorry, I didn't ignore the "thrust" of your argument - I appreciate it - I simply point out that it is better to have society grow to accept something willingly, or have younger people take over from older generations and provide greater acceptance, than it is to force something on people. It happened with abortion, and it's been argued, by Ginsburg as well, that had they not forced it, as they did, it may have evolved with greater acceptance over time. Obamacare is similar - because people feel it was forced upon them, they are resistant, even if parts of it are very desireable.
In-your-face dictation of how you will act is never the best way to build consensus. I'll tell you, quite plainly, that had same sex marriage advocates agreed to accept a different term for their unions - such as the term "union" - provided that the government acrued to same sex unions the exact same legal status, benefits and recognition as heterosexual marriage, there would have been far greater acceptance than there already is. For whatever reason, SSM advocates insisted upon co-opting and pushing the "marriage" part of same sex unions for what appears to many as just political reasons. That's not a way to draw people to your cause and make friends.
But we see on many issues society doesn't grow into it, the younger generations continue the unconstitutional denial of civil liberties brave Americans fought each other over... who gets to decide the really big issues of the day, each individual state or the UNITED STATES?
As we type back and forth the polls show 53% of AMERICANS favor SSM. Those who wish to deny in a delaying action against history, be it slavery, equal access to schooling, interracial marriage, and now same sex. At the time of the Loving decision 73% of America was against mixing the races through legally recognized marriage. there was no blood in the streets rioting over it by those who disagreed. Now we accept interracial at roughly 75%.
Coddling society and being so sensitive to the opponent feelings is a liberal 'fault'. Standing up for the correct thing no matter what WAS once a 'conservative' talking point...
what happened????