[lbo-talk] Gay marriage

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 13 13:14:32 PST 2008


At 12:41 PM 11/13/2008, Chris Doss wrote:


>Racist belief: there is a group of people, say, Icelanders, who are
>predisposed to evil behavior because of their blood. Should the foul
>Icelanders be allowed to breed, their evil behavior will be passed on.
>
>Moral belief: certain kinds of behavior are bad, e.g., murder,
>worshipping false gods, or stepping on cracks. Murderous
>false-god-worshipping crack-steppers should not be allowed to raise
>children, or they will teach their children to be murderous
>false-god-worshipping crack-steppers.

You really think people divide such impulses with this kind of precision?



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