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Originally Posted by kane
First, you say you want to, "Legalize (or maintain legality of) anything else that people have no right to decide for other people, i.e. using drugs at home without hurting others, abortion, etc." yet you say you want to ban gay marriage. If you are married your marriage is between you and your spouse not society. What harm does it do to others if two gay people are married?
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Yeah, this one I should clarify a bit, although you probably will still disagree. For some sentimental reason that I can't explain, I just wouldn't want it to be called "marriage." I'm not really sure why. A legal union that gives all the same rights as a married couple? Sure, why not. I'm all for that. Just call it something different. I won't say that this is a rational opinion though.
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Originally Posted by kane
Second, smoking bans are meant to keep other people safe. I should be allowed to go to various places and not have to breathe in other people's smoke. Sure, if a bar wants to be a smoking bar I have the choice to go there or not, but I should be able to walk down the street or stand in line somewhere without having to breathe other people's smoke. If people want to smoke, fine, but let them do it at home, in their car or somewhere that I can choose to not be in, but general smoking bans should stay.
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For public areas, it should be majority rules for smoking laws at best. I agree that walking through a cloud of smoke when entering a building is a bit annoying, but as far as a privately-owned establishment, that should be up to the owner. If people don't like the smoke, the owner will change the rules. I decide that people may not smoke in my house. A restaurant owned by a private party is, in my opinion, more like a home than it is a property owned by the public. And similarly, if golf courses don't want to allow blacks or Jews or whatever, they should be free to have such rules. I'm not defending such a decision, but I am defending the right to make that decision. Part of living in a free country is allowing people to make choices, good or bad. If I want to make a rule that no one of Polish descent is allowed in my home, I can do that. Same should go for any privately-owned property, whether it's a golf course, a restaurant, a movie theater, or whatever. The right to choose trumps the correctness of the decision.
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Originally Posted by kane
Third, you actually think eradicating an entire race of people is something that should be done in retaliation to the actions of a few?
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Yes.