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www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/11/1770480/who-has-the-right-to-judge.html
One of my teachers gave me a post-it today with this author's name on it. She told me that his writings about social boundaries were life-changing, and that if he doesn't change your life, you are unable to be changed.
Wow.
So, why DO we judge people? We all have our biases, but what makes my bias more important than yours? What makes your opinion more valid than mine?
Saying that a judge, who may or may not be gay, cannot rule on a case of same-sex marriage is indeed as horrid as mentioned by Pitts Jr. It makes about as much sense as a can of tomatoes being put in the middle of a watermelon.
That's right. Nonsense.
Basically, we have now been told being human means you can't rule on something dealing with other people's freedoms.
A woman, father, sister, or brother can't rule on anything to do with abortion, then. As a matter of fact, none of us could considering we were all cells inside of a man and woman at some point.
Do you know a 38 year old man? Sorry, you can't be a juror in this murder case.
I'm sorry your honor, we must ask you to recuse yourself because you have the same hair color as the plantiff.
Oh, you're black, you can't vote for Barack Obama.
Oh, you're white, you can't vote for John McCain.
Oh, you're from Georgia? Then we're sorry, your bias for your state keeps you from voting for this presidential candidate.
Where, and when, does it end? Are we really such a closed-minded country that a POSSIBLE bias is grounds for keeping the freedoms of a group of people revoked?
Land of the free, home of the biased.
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