...name-calling? Is civility doomed?
In California, where voters had succeeded in their proposition to make the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, judges had ordered the state to recognize homosexual marriages Up for a vote on November 4, voters, by 52 to 48, ordered the ban reimposed and placed in the California constitution. Arizona and Florida also voted to outlaw gay marriage, by landslides.
The New York Times deplored the "ugly outcome" of these three referenda and said voters were "enshrining bigotry". Effectively, the NYT called the majority of Californians, Arizonans and Floridians bigots.
Can't people of good will disagree without name-calling? Is civility in ICU, with a prognosis for remaining an important part of life
In California, where voters had succeeded in their proposition to make the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, judges had ordered the state to recognize homosexual marriages Up for a vote on November 4, voters, by 52 to 48, ordered the ban reimposed and placed in the California constitution. Arizona and Florida also voted to outlaw gay marriage, by landslides.
The New York Times deplored the "ugly outcome" of these three referenda and said voters were "enshrining bigotry". Effectively, the NYT called the majority of Californians, Arizonans and Floridians bigots.
Can't people of good will disagree without name-calling? Is civility in ICU, with a prognosis for remaining an important part of life