Evidently you think that a barren and sterile relationship between male and female octogenarians isn’t a legitimate marriage, which is what I thought. Marriage is only a cultural norm for the purpose of establishing a procreative unit. Well, you see, it isn’t in this day, Raggs. There are governments and legal systems, the fundamental purpose of them is to protect the rights of individuals as outlined in that great document which defines American Liberalism - we callz it the US Constitution. Marriage is not only recognized by the eyes of god whatever form that takes in the popular view, but by governments. You seem to think that in order to be Liberal in fact and immutably that the founders would have had to find a thing acceptable in their day. According to you, 'lectric lights are anti-liberal because the founders didn’t use them. Well isn’t that just typical of your nonsense troll. Equality is a liberal principle. Freedom, freedom to choose is also. Everything is about the empowerment of the individual, but w/o relieving an individual of responsibility to community and the members of the community. Now tell me Raggs - if equality is a fundamental principle of Liberalism how can a thing which supports that concept redefine what has always been a natural right. The fact that marriage was not recognized by the early US, should be as surprising to you as that women and Blacks didn’t have voting rights. So I presume you think that Blacks and women voting, owning property, not being considered property themselves was modern Liberals redefining property rights and voting rights etc. and somehow a redefinition of Liberalism. But no, Raggs. That would be to assume that a thing such as the United States of America, an experiment in Liberalism, was born fully formed and must remain always in a perpetual static state. Well it fucking wasn’t - because like most everything else it does undergo an evolution, but…
The fundamental principles, which gave it birth, is like our own individual DNA - it is always there and it always informs the life of the nation and society. So, what defines Liberalism, American Liberalism, never changes. It’s expression, much as does our own, does.
Anyway, Raggs - Why do you hate America?
.....WHY?
PS: Raggs, Nothing got forced on all of society. Are you one of them peeple who thinks that since abortion is legal that you have to have one?