RE: Homosexuals "wrecking" Christian careers
April 26, 2014 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2014 at 6:05 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(April 26, 2014 at 5:11 pm)Heywood Wrote: First, majorities do not oppress minorities.They potentially can in democratic societies where majorities elect representatives into power. The dilemma for democracies, as Alexis de Tocqueville discussed early in America's history, was "tyranny of the majority". This is why the 14th amendment is so important. The will of the majority is respected so long as the rights of the minority are protected.
Quote:The white minority oppressed the black majority for years in South Africa....Which was not a country were the black majority could vote.
Quote:If you want to stop oppression, don't let power get concentrated. How do you stop power from getting concentrated?A top tier tax rate of 90% like we had in the 1950s to prevent the wealthy from using their fortunes to buy the government. If we'd kept that, we wouldn't have the problems we have today.
Quote:Second, it was government intervention that caused segregation in the first place....because of the popular will of the white southern majority (see my earlier comment on Tyranny of the Majority).
Quote:Forcing a baker to provide services to a person he doesn't wish to provide is absolutely slavery.
No, it really isn't. The baker is paid for his/her services at a price he/she has set. The baker is not put in chains, forced to work for free, beaten if he/she does not and raped with impunity by the owner.
Quote:It is economic rape.....It is sad that you advocate such a system.Oh the humanity, being compelled under threat of lawsuit not to discriminate. It's "economic rape", I tells ya. You just love your hyperbole, don't you?
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