Re:Call Me by My Name: Deborah Abrams Kaplan
by jimbokun on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @09:00AM
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The US Constitution places very strict limitations on what kind of laws are allowed to enforce those “shared beliefs”.
I think this is a net positive. I believe when people advocate for expanding the scope of what beliefs and behaviors government can enforce, they lack the imagination to wonder what could happen if you find your beliefs in the minority one day.
Whether there are laws on the books that could be applied to this case, or whether there should be, I am not a lawyer or a politician, but American pluralism doesn't require blind acceptance of any practice of another group, even religious practice (polygamy, for instance?). The core of our shared system provides mechanisms for deciding whether a behavior is acceptable, prohibited or obligate.