(November 4, 2015 at 5:41 pm)Lek Wrote:(November 4, 2015 at 5:41 am)robvalue Wrote: So...
What is the relevance of this "tyranny of the majority"? What issue is being tyrannised?
If you weren't making a particular point, then my apologiesI agree that reality doesn't conform to ideals.
You made the statement that even when there are 2.5 christians left in the US, the constitution will still protect the rights of that minority. I don't agree with your statement. I believe that if and when, non-christians become a large majority, the rights of a christian minority will be ignored to a large degree. That's typical human group behavior and would prove true in any society with a democratic-based system of government. Now that christians are shrinking as a majority, it's easier to pass laws like gay marriage, etc. It would not have happened in the 50s or 60s. The interpretation of the constitution and the laws that result would be based more on the interpretation and needs of the majority. The letter of the constitution would support fair treatment of all, but in reality it never worked that way - take slavery, for instance, or black people afterwards. Therefore, my reference to "the tyranny of the majority". It's tyranny because it is most often unfair and oppressive, to a degree, towards the minority of people with different views and needs.
Except, you know, the Bill of Rights.
