Depending on which poll you ask at least 60% of Americans are okay with the new Arizona second class status for Hispanic Americans law.
I know, blah, blah, it’s about the National Government’s failure to deal with the immigration “problem” blah, blah and NO racial profiling is allowed. But we all know that no one involved with the writing or passage of that law is interested in chasing down wayward Canadians.
My point is the 60%. The majority favors discriminating against the minority.
Duh.
That’s how they got to be the minority in the first place.
If you’d had a referendum on desegregation in Alabama in 1961, there would probably still be segregation and Jim Crow laws there and many other places — not all of them in the south.
Why is it that idiots like Lisa Lingle the divorcee Governor of Hawaii and the Governornator of my state, think that we should ask the majority whether or not they believe that the minority should share the same rights and privileges they enjoy? We asked the majority in my state and they said no. I am officially a second class citizen here. Thanks Arnold. Hope all your kids turn out to be gay.
It seems to me that if we want a different answer, we need to start asking a different question.
Do you believe in equal rights for all Americans? Period.
John McCain does not believe in equal rights for all Americans. Arnold Schwarzenegger does not believe in equal rights for all Americans. Barack Obama does not believe in equal rights for all Americans. Hilary Clinton does not believe in equal rights for all Americans. Try campaigning on that instead of “I’m morally opposed to gay marriage” as our current president did.
I honestly don’t care if other people believe I ought to have the right to get married. That’s none of their business. If you don’t believe in same sex marriage, then don’t marry someone of the same sex.
The real question is: Do you believe in equal rights for all American? Not just the ones we like. Not just the ones we agree with. Do I really believe in equal rights for ALL Americans?
Do you?
Eric Shaw Quinn 