Comments on: Beautiful http://factonista.org/2008/11/12/beautiful/ Science. Humanism. Atheism. Politics. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:02:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Joe http://factonista.org/2008/11/12/beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-3268 Joe Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:31:48 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=2339#comment-3268 On the upside, 60 percent of people under 30 voted against it, which means its just a matter of time. Most people vote conservatively out of fear, fear of losing what they have. If marriage isn't holy, if tradition doesn't guarantee anything, then its just a contract, and its easier to believe that 50/50 chance will go against you. Maintaining the status quo, keeping marriage special, is about not losing what you have, feeling secure in the face of uncertainty. Change is scary, especially to something people build their lives on. It took a while in Canada for people to get over their fear and accept the idea of gay marriage. When the law against gay marriage fell, Canada still had a 45% for, 45% against, split. A vote could have gone either way. Canada didn't get a vote on the issue, it has a different system, and with no ban, gays started getting married, and the world didn't end. It will come. On the upside, 60 percent of people under 30 voted against it, which means its just a matter of time.

Most people vote conservatively out of fear, fear of losing what they have. If marriage isn’t holy, if tradition doesn’t guarantee anything, then its just a contract, and its easier to believe that 50/50 chance will go against you. Maintaining the status quo, keeping marriage special, is about not losing what you have, feeling secure in the face of uncertainty. Change is scary, especially to something people build their lives on.

It took a while in Canada for people to get over their fear and accept the idea of gay marriage. When the law against gay marriage fell, Canada still had a 45% for, 45% against, split. A vote could have gone either way. Canada didn’t get a vote on the issue, it has a different system, and with no ban, gays started getting married, and the world didn’t end.

It will come.

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