Progressives in Reverse
I hate to continuously post images and anecdotes while the rest of the members of Ricochet put their thoughts together in prose, but... hopefully I can still make a substantive
contribution to Ricochet.
Enough of my blabbering- here's a funny graphic I saw on my Facebook page. It hasn't exactly "gone viral" as they say, but it's too good to pass up.
Even if you are for gay marriage, you have to have some intellectual honesty and recognize that for hundreds and thousands of years prior to Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook, "gay marriage" would be viewed as an oxymoron.
That is, some people will always look at the word "marriage" and see a man and a woman at the alter. Why is that we don't hear this concession made by liberals? Why is that progressives expect their dissenters to simply nod their heads as they make up their own dictionary?
Similarly, if you were to look at what the framers of the Constitution viewed as "rights" and compare it to what progressives view as "rights," you'd see another glaring alteration. As a libertarian looking at a social issue, you'd shrug as the term "marriage" is used to describe a union between two men. As a libertarian looking at an economic issue, you'd scoff at anyone loon claiming a "right" to health care, or a "right" to employment.
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Dec '10
Re: Progressives in Reverse
The part that most proponents of gay marriage ignore (willfully) is that many gay marriage opponents have no problem with an equivalent civil union, giving partners hospital visitation, insurance benefits, tax benefits, death rights, etc.
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Right- I hope it's that proponents are ignoring it, although I fear it could be an inability on the part of dissenters to get their message it out. I mean, so much of this problem is over just one word!
Dec '10
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As it turns out, it's a pretty dang important word.
Feb '12
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I'm not ready to share the label marriage yet. I have a feeling in 20 years it may not be as strong of a feeling as today. But I"m still not ready
Jul '10
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This gives an excellent insight to the leftist worldview: marriage is as significant as a pastry, and religion is as important as a fad.
Edited on March 25, 2012 at 6:33pmJul '11
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Your pithy graphic leaves out the part where said doughnut eater wants to redefine a doughnut going against 1000s of years of customs and laws, and then shove the newly defined doughnut down 98% of the population's throat against its will. Are you really sure the libertarians are for that? When it is a decision of liberty for 98% or 2% I suspect the libertarians may be for the 98% though most I know want government out of marriage all together.