yay for the overturning of Prob 8!!!!!!!
and in one of the discussion threads, the question was asked, "how is this victory for gay people a victory for straight people, too?"
the responder gave some very logical answers, having to do with legal precendent (e.g., if rights of one group can be denied, the principle of denial can be extended to any other group that becomes unpopular).
i'd add that it goes beyond that. just as "each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in Mankind" (John Donne, For Whom The Bell Tolls), each act of oppression oppresses us all by implicating and entangling us in a culture of oppression. acquiescence to such entanglement, passive or otherwise, damages our souls.
the responder gave some very logical answers, having to do with legal precendent (e.g., if rights of one group can be denied, the principle of denial can be extended to any other group that becomes unpopular).
i'd add that it goes beyond that. just as "each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in Mankind" (John Donne, For Whom The Bell Tolls), each act of oppression oppresses us all by implicating and entangling us in a culture of oppression. acquiescence to such entanglement, passive or otherwise, damages our souls.