(April 7, 2015 at 11:54 am)Cato Wrote:(April 7, 2015 at 2:22 am)Heywood Wrote: I am arguing that people have the right to self determination and that right should never be curtailed by the state except in very extreme circumstances.
Do the laws forbidding discrimination based on skin color qualify as an 'extreme circumstance'? If so, what criteria are you using to qualify skin color, but not sexual orientation?
I look forward to seeing which horn Heywood chooses to be gored by: skin color doesn't qualify and shouldn't be protected against discrimination or the hoary old 'sexual orientation, unlike skin color, is chosen'?