"The law is reason, free from passion." --Aristotle
What is reason vs passion? Isn't passion what we use when context with reason? No, passion applies to what is in our heart, for instance love. We may love someone hence the "passion," enough not to have reason that they would be bad for us. Reason is knowing what is best for you, a person or a country. In concordance with the law, passion is letting your religious views influence your decisions in court or the law, passion is what drives the religious zealots to ban Proposition 8. But reason drives democrats and those opposed to prop 8 to say that the gay community should have equal rights as their families, friends and associates. Which includes marriage. As soon to be Supreme Court Justice Sotamayor says, “it’s not the heart that compels conclusions in cases. It’s the law.”
*Just a small tidbit about what is going on in my head. Debate? i know you want to. Its a bit choppy, so i might refine it later.
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