The day-to-day musings of a frustrated conservative American.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Forcing Others to Your View

The Left sees no problem with forcing the country to adopt same-sex marriage via judicial fiat, but does think that the country will be destroyed if Roe vs. Wade is overturned at some future point. I don't understand why, exactly. I'm not equating those two issues, but the underlying philosophy: What I want is RIGHT, and what you want is WRONG. The middle ground is anathema to zealots of this sort; you have never heard someone suggest that we could, for example, trade -- we'll recognize same-sex marriage if you help outlaw abortion (with certain exceptions, of course, but that's not the issue).

When did the Left decide that "compromise" means "do what I want" and that's all...? When did the Left decide that the majority of the country's views were not meaningful? And please don't argue that their views represent the majority; those states which were allowed to vote on, for example, same-sex marriage, have overwhelmingly decided AGAINST it, including California -- where liberal judges have now decided that, despite 61% of the citizens voting against allowing same-sex marriage, these four justices know better what's good for Californians, and threw their votes into the trash.

I see that the Left is simply horrified at the idea that Roe vs. Wade might be overturned, and will stop at nothing -- not character assassination, name-calling, false accusations -- to see that does not come to fruition. Why?

Have you ever noticed that the Left advocates either the removal of liberties, or the re-interpretation of the Constitution in order to make what they want sound palatable; while the Right seems to advocate either the expansion of liberty or a more-strict interpretation of the Constitution?

Why is it permissible to force others into your views, while denying them the right to even discuss theirs, let alone allow the country to adopt them, peacably and through democratic means?

In fairness, the Constitutional amendment proposed to ensure male-female marriages was a defense against the same-sex marriage 'zealots', and not a pro-active proposal; similarly Roe vs. Wade already says that abortion is legal, and at least some on the Right want to return the issue to the States, because it's not an issue with which the federal government ought to be involved at all.

It's a reaction to a Leftist movement or policy, and not an action initiated out of this air.


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