The Workermonkey

Friday, April 02, 2004

surprising 

# posted by josh @ 4/02/2004 12:28:00 PM

so in a couple of my classes lately we've been talking about the notion of legal moralism. that is, the idea that laws can (or should) be made restricting individuals' rights to do certain things because, though they may not cause any harm, they are immoral. but how is it determined that these things are immoral? well, according to this principle, it's things that the majority (or perhaps democratic majority) find to be immoral, extremely offensive, or disgusting.

and someone brought up the issue of gay marriages in class. it is indeed a case of legal moralism. but what's most shocking to me is, that if this all goes thru and it's banned, then theoretically WE are in the minority here in supporting gay rights/marriages. that's shocking to me. mainly, i think cuz i live in this little college bubble, where most people are more liberal than conservative, and there are so many groups/clubs devoted to equal rights and treatments of various groups. but also look at connecticut where we grew up, it being a more liberal state comparatively. it just doesnt make any sense to me, as we've discussed at length, how one could or would want to (based on reasons other than crappy religion) ban gay marriages. and my view is quite possibly the minority! this kind of scares me, i mean i knew our country was going to the shitter, but seriously. just something frightening to think about

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