• TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    And in this case, tyranny of the majority isn’t even saying “you need to get an abortion.” If your religion says that abortion is wrong and thus you refuse to have any, great. Go for it. That’s your choice. However, what the majority is saying is that the minority can’t impose their religious beliefs on everyone else.

    I’m in the minority due to being Jewish and not Christian. I’m also somewhat religious to the extant that (among other things), I don’t eat bacon. However, while I won’t be indulging in bacon, I would never dream about telling other people that they couldn’t eat bacon due to my religious beliefs.

    I’m even fine if people eat bacon in front of me. I don’t have any control over what they do with their bodies. I’d be upset if someone intentionally gave me food containing bacon in an attempt to get me to eat bacon. But that goes back to control over my own body, not other people’s bodies.

    (And, I know that “not eating bacon” isn’t anywhere close in scale to abortion. I just find it a handy analogy to use.)