I agree with every word you wrote. Changes in attitude have to precede changes in law and it's only changes in law that preserve what would otherwise be a temporary change in attitude.
Legislating for same-sex marriage didn't make people support it; the law changed when popular sentiment moved far enough.
I agree with every word you wrote. Changes in attitude have to precede changes in law and it's only changes in law that preserve what would otherwise be a temporary change in attitude.
Legislating for same-sex marriage didn't make people support it; the law changed when popular sentiment moved far enough.
But you weren't rebutting my point. I was not saying that law will ever precede activism; I was doubting that people will ever "come together" on this. We are accelerating in the other direction. The other side is going to have to be pushed against their will, they are never going to take a place at the table and engage honestly. Never.
“I was doubting that people will ever "come together" on this. We are accelerating in the other direction.”
Ah, yeah, that’s a different issue. Yes, sad to say, you’re right. We are accelerating in the other direction. I don’t see an alternative to being one of the voices arguing, as persuasively as possible, to stop and reverse that trajectory.
I (and the many others arguing for the same thing) will either be ignored, and we’ll continue going in that direction, or enough voices will speak up and things will improve.
The good news is that the people arguing for more unity aren’t being ignored. The silent majority really is a majority. The challenge is finding the right words to mobilise them.
I agree with every word you wrote. Changes in attitude have to precede changes in law and it's only changes in law that preserve what would otherwise be a temporary change in attitude.
Legislating for same-sex marriage didn't make people support it; the law changed when popular sentiment moved far enough.
But you weren't rebutting my point. I was not saying that law will ever precede activism; I was doubting that people will ever "come together" on this. We are accelerating in the other direction. The other side is going to have to be pushed against their will, they are never going to take a place at the table and engage honestly. Never.
“I was doubting that people will ever "come together" on this. We are accelerating in the other direction.”
Ah, yeah, that’s a different issue. Yes, sad to say, you’re right. We are accelerating in the other direction. I don’t see an alternative to being one of the voices arguing, as persuasively as possible, to stop and reverse that trajectory.
I (and the many others arguing for the same thing) will either be ignored, and we’ll continue going in that direction, or enough voices will speak up and things will improve.
The good news is that the people arguing for more unity aren’t being ignored. The silent majority really is a majority. The challenge is finding the right words to mobilise them.