(July 1, 2014 at 5:08 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(July 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm)blackout94 Wrote: why can't I vote for gay rights if I'm not gay?
Because they are *rights* and not privileges, and putting them at the whim of the electorate is precisely how we get tyranny of the majority.
In this case it's a conflict - We can have a tyranny of the majority or a tyranny of the minority - What' worse? I really can't answer. But you made a good point, gay rights shouldn't be on referendum, I was just giving an example. If I vote for a conservative party let's say, I'm already voting intrinsically against abortion, if I vote for a liberal one, I'm voting to support legalization, and I'm a man.
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