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posted by
gomedome
on January 31, 2007 at 8:42 AM
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Talion - I seriously doubt that it will happen as well - but not for the
lack of some people trying to make it happen.
Recently in my country, same sex marriage was legalized. If this decision was left to the majority, it simply would never have happened. We could also use the Emancipation Proclamation from the history of your country as an example. If left to a majority vote it certainly would never have happened, at least not when it did. When it comes to a government favoring one religion over all others, true freedoms pertaining to religious expression are lost. There is always someone or some group on the outside looking in or being ostracized by the majority.
posted by
gomedome
on January 31, 2007 at 8:41 AM
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Oh! The muzzl'im Theo crazies! That must be the Bill Cause Be bunch. I agree. Muzzling seems extreme, and insulting.
posted by
Jenasis
on January 31, 2007 at 7:39 AM
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gomedome
Many believe the basis of western forms of representative demoracy is "majority rules." Though in many areas that's certainly true, the truly great thing about it is when it works as it should, it protects legitimate minorities (not just racial, but any smaller group) from the "tyranny of the majority." Can a scenario you've described happen? Yes. Will it? I seriously doubt it. If anything, denominational fractioning will prevent the unity necessary for such an endeavor.
By the way, I sent you an email yesterday, but I got some sort of delivery routing failure reply. I'll resend it this evening.
posted by
Talion
on January 31, 2007 at 7:22 AM
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