Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Stewart v Huckabee (Equality v Prejudice)


This post extends the discussion from the post 'The Next Frontier in Freedom'.

Comedian Jon Stewart and Southern Baptist Minister come Politician Mike Huckabee discussed the the contentious issue of same-sex marriage on Jon Stewart's cable program, The Daily Show. WATCH IT HERE. This was a fair and polite debate. However, no matter how much shuckin' and jivin' Mike Huckabee did, he couldn't escape the lack of logic in his argument. And Jon Stewart really posed a good line of reasoning.

I want to re-iterate a point from 'The Next Frontier in Freedom', and continue its line of reasoning:
  • If you state out-loud that there are rights that a man should have the a woman should not, you're a sexist.
  • If you state out-loud that there are rights that a White person should have that a Black person should not, you're a racist.
  • So why is it ok to state out-loud (and to legislate) that there are some rights that a Straight person should have that a Gay person should not?

Doesnt that make you a "Gayist"? Or is that just another form of sexism? And if it is just another form of sexism, why is it ok? Is it that for some reason religious context makes this, and only this, form of sexism ok, while its not ok in any other form? Isn't that the definition of inequality? By the way, inequality is UNCONSTITUTIONAL, because the Declaration of Independance states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal".

1 comment:

Bambina said...

YAH DUDE! READ THIS: http://www.glad.org/uploads/docs/cases/goodridge_decision.pdf

(i know, i know, it's long, but sooo great.)