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[โ€“] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I never said I expect only one response to OP, this is an asklemmy thread after all, there is no "correct" answer ๐Ÿ˜€. It is interesting to hear about both the legislation and the personal beliefs amongst everyone here from all over the world, and I welcome that discussion.

But my response was specifically directed at the person who said, "Iโ€™m so tired of people bringing up laws", when laws are really the only objective answer here to be had. I'm fine with everyone sharing their personal beliefs, that leads to interesting discussion, but in general I disagree with the sentiment of "let morals change your laws". Your own morality the thing you should be most critical of when it comes to changing laws. We should have a discussion to find an ethical basis we can agree on as a society, and use that to drive change to our laws. But we should strive to remove our personal morality from the equation as much as possible.