You have a right to marry, and they do not." But "marry" is not an unspecific verb with no direct object. I have the right to marry a woman, and so do they. A man and a woman together is what marriage is. The fact that they don't want to marry a woman is their look out. I have a right to own a gun and so does your spinster Quaker aunt. The fact that she doesn't want to own a gun is perfectly acceptable. But what she is not free to do is redefine everything, and say that gun ownership is very important to her, but that for her, gun ownership means owning a quilting rack.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Chocolate Milk Test
Some interesting points in this, and a concerning one about a restaurant that gives you a discount for openly wearing a gun: The Chocolate Milk Test:
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