Imagine that you’re watching your child in class.
Imagine that your child is being denied the opportunity to be who he or she is; denied the chance to participate in a certain playground activity. Imagine if, growing aware of the kerfuffle, your child’s teacher decides to intervene – not by enforcing a fair set of inclusive rules, but by holding a popular vote among your child’s classmates.
Some children are nice and vocally supportive of your child. But others are bullies. As a parent, how does it feel to watch your child be subjected to such unproductive, unmoderated discussion? To have their sense of value dependent on the results of an old-fashioned schoolyard pick?
I’m guessing your maternal instincts are kicking into overdrive, that you’d give anything to intervene. But you can’t.
All you can do is watch.
Top Comments
Howard never had a plebasite to add man and woman into the marriage act so i don't know why we have to have one to remove it.
Will there be any less vitriol if it just a vote not a plebiscite?
Sorry, sometimes people seem to think free speech should only apply to people who agree with them. People should have the right to their say as long as they don't cross the line into hate speech.