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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
... what is the difference between pushing legislation that infringes on your personal set of values and that which infringes on mine? Are your values more important than mine, simply by virtue of the fact that you don't believe in God? We can be pissed at each other and disagree vehemently with the other's point of view, but I don't want your values pushed on me any more than you want mine pushed on you.
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Some legislation is
permissive, and some
restrictive, for want of a better decription. When legislation allows same-gender marriage for example, it doesn't mean that everyone, or for that matter
anyone,
must marry someone of the same gender. It permits behavior. On the other hand, legislation can restrict behavior. Mississippi has banned marital aids. This is very restrictive. Christians, conservatives, repubicans - however you want to label them - want to make everyone have the same values that they do. They rail against sex on TV, in movies and magazines, bad words in songs, calling Christmas anything other than Christmas, and they would be very happy to legislate enforcement of those things. I'm a live-and-let-live kind of guy, too. I'll never force you to have an abortion, ok?