2013-04-17, 12:34 PM
[MENTION=1697]FrozNlite[/MENTION]; So you define legal equality by there being specific laws to protect LGBT? That's not equal, that's preferential, in a way.
Or let me put it another way: in an ideal world, with perfect equality, a definition of marriage would still be on the books. But a law saying "you can't fire people because they're gay" would be about as pointless as "you can't fire people because they have green eyes". It'd be on those lists of funny laws that make you think "why did they ever find it necessary to legislate that?" The law should simply be "people shouldn't be fired for anything that isn't how they do their job."
Or let me put it another way: in an ideal world, with perfect equality, a definition of marriage would still be on the books. But a law saying "you can't fire people because they're gay" would be about as pointless as "you can't fire people because they have green eyes". It'd be on those lists of funny laws that make you think "why did they ever find it necessary to legislate that?" The law should simply be "people shouldn't be fired for anything that isn't how they do their job."