{"id":987,"date":"2004-07-20T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2004-07-21T01:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/07\/20\/tolley-part-3-equal-treatment-is-not-enforced-approval\/"},"modified":"2004-07-20T17:44:54","modified_gmt":"2004-07-21T01:44:54","slug":"tolley-part-3-equal-treatment-is-not-enforced-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"Tolley, Part 3: Equal Treatment is not Enforced Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if Mr. Tolley <\/a>approves of the Nazi Party? I would assume not, and yet…<\/p>\n

And if we take this to its logical conclusions, here\u2019s what else we are really saying. We are thus proclaiming to future generations of children that it really doesn\u2019t matter to us if they are brought up without either a mother or a father.<\/div>\n

As Mr. Tolley is probably aware, the Supreme Court has ruled that, when it comes to civil rights, the Nazis have a right to equal treatment under the law. Yet I doubt he feels compelled by this legal fact to treat the Nazi Party with the same respect he’d treat (say) the Democrats or the Republicans.<\/p>\n

Ordained ministers of the Church of Jesus Christ, Christian (a racist, white supremacist church) perform weddings just other ministers do, and the resulting marriages are equal in the law to all other marriages. Does Mr. Tolley feel that this legal equality has forced him to respect the CJCC as much as he respects his own church? I somehow doubt it.<\/p>\n

When we say Nazis and White Supremacists have equal legal rights, we are not “proclaiming to future generations” that it “really doesn’t matter” if those children become Nazis or not. We are not declaring that the Nazi party and church are just as good as any other party or church. We are not storming into the schools and ripping up textbooks that dis the Nazis.<\/p>\n

All we’re saying is that, legally, Nazis and White Supremacists are entitled to the same legal rights as everybody else. Legal equality is not an endorsement, nor is it approval; it’s legal equality, nothing else.<\/p>\n

Of course, I am not saying that same-sex couples are Nazis or White Supremacists. (I’m fairly certain that most Nazis and W.S.s oppose SSM). But the Nazis are useful to illustrate the principle. SSM opponents often claim that legal equality is the same thing as endorsement, and that’s simply not true..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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