Gay marriage has never been the will of the people
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I remember in the 90s and early 2000s thinking that the “what we do in private isn’t your business” or “we just want to be left alone” arguments were reasonable and tolerance was acceptable. I never would’ve imagined what we have today. I mean look at the massive overrepresentation in tv.
There was an article the other day about how a woman in Germany was declared ineligible for unemployment because she refused a job offer as a prostitute, because German law considers prostitution a "moral" and legitimate line of work, and this person was refusing a legitimate offer for work.
Oh you have moral issues with being a prostitute? You might as well have moral issues with driving a car, or having a woman ring up your groceries at the store. This is 2022! Get with the times!
These bumper-stick arguments like "what we do in private isn't your business" and "sex work is work" always have unforeseen consequences. The former doesn't even make sense as an argument if you think about it: if it's "private" it's literally unknown to anyone but you. The only way it would be made known is if you made it known, and at that point it's no longer "private". And a consequence of something being public is that others will judge you for your public behavior. How could it be otherwise?
And Bobby Knight was castigated for saying a woman being raped should just sit back and enjoy it.
Now the German government is claiming that's a moral good!