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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
but i think we'd both agree that everyone thinks of his own position like this. certainly there must be something that you consider harmful to one another that another person wouldn't bat an eye at.
for example, no one would condone murder. yet, millions of people have no problem with abortion and still millions more consider it nothing short of homicide. those who sincerely believe that abortion is murder are no more enforcing their moral code on a pro-life person than a pro-life person is on someone who may condone homicide. our own moral convictions always allow the maximum degree of human liberty (in our mind's most honest conviction)... but others who disagree with my code will forever be forcing their own agenda upon me.
we're never going to satisfy everyone. the best we can do is find a moral code that best promotes liberty, integrity, justice and compassion to one another. the debate will rage on, but we must recognize that everyone possesses a moral code and that such codes are the cornerstone of civilization. we are no closer to any of our ideals if we don't realize the relationship our own moral codes have with another person's.
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There is still a difference between telling people how to live, when it has no effect on anyone else's quality of life, and telling someone that they can't tell someone how to live. Nowhere in the constitution does it say that the majority has the right to limit the rights of the minority.
There is a huge difference between murder and abortion. Namely, that the exact criteria for being "alive" are nebulous. Besides, murder is a legal word and currently abortion is legal, just like capital punishment.
On top of that, there is a huge difference between morals surrounding the ending of a life or potential life, and those surrounding two guys getting married. I believe in "live and let live", while many of those who shriek about the government limiting their freedoms, whether religious or second amendment, are more than gung ho when it comes to limiting another's freedoms in the bedroom.
There was a time when the "moral majority" believed in segregation, slavery, and manifest destiny.