Faith writes:
Ah yes, now it's ANY opinion, right? Just any old opinion has a right if my opinion has a right. If someone thinks people should marry dogs that should be treated as an opinion to be respected. An opinion that has rights, that should be protected by law so that it can be acted upon. Of course. The opinion that men who are attracted to boys should be allowed to act on it is gaining favor in some quarters. Obviously since it's somebody's opinion it should be respected.
No one said all opinions should be respected. Some opinions deserve no more than ridicule.
Faith writes:
So now we have to argue about the grounds for treatin an opinion as worthy of protection, as having rights.
Exactly. We need to discuss the grounds for treating an opinion as worthy of protection.
For example let's look at YOUR post.
Faith writes:
If someone thinks people should marry dogs that should be treated as an opinion to be respected.
Unless someone can come up this a valid reason people should not marry dogs, certainly it should be respected.
Faith writes:
The opinion that men who are attracted to boys should be allowed to act on it is gaining favor in some quarters.
It certainly should and has been discussed and society decided there was a vested interest in not allowing minors to make decisions related to sexuality and to prohibit coercion by adults.
See Faith, that is the way it works.