Re:Russian empire aerospace refugees (2021)
by the_gipsy on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:12AM
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He was campaigning against equal rights for homosexuals, not polygamy, incest, "etc.".
In some countries a wide degree of relationships are today being legally accepted as "family", such as brothers or friends living in a household. The important thing is that this does not affect anybody wanting to live in a traditional family.
If democracy was purely about what the majority votes, and not also protecting the minorities to some degree, we should not call it civilization then. Reducing it it to a "legal majority rule" does not make e.g. slavery legitimate or morally acceptable.
Re:Russian empire aerospace refugees (2021)
by MichaelZuo on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:54AM
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The final arbiter of what counts as 'legitimate' in the US is what's spelled out in the Consitutition, assuming the government and military are willing to enforce what's written.
There are some extreme scenarios where that would no longer apply, but passing readers will get the point without needing to read every possible corner case.
Probably not in this generation but there's a theoretical possibility in some future generation, and it also applies the other way, polygamy, incest, etc., can also theoretically be made legal.
It's unlikely for a huge chunk of the population to intentionally lower their own status, but it's not a 0% chance.
It would be more difficult to do in Canada or some other countries, but also not totally impossible.
That's what voting and majorities and supermajorities means.