And when you have the perspective that this life is merely a test, and that in the real endgame, the good guys DO win, you can afford to live and act off of principle.
Your steadfastness on this issue makes more sense now, as I hadn't really thought of it that way before. As you know, I don't share your certainty about everything getting worked out in the end, so I'm much more concerned with what I can do right now.
To this I would add that, not to put too fine a point on it, you yourself support a national organization that uses its funds to engage in out-of-state political fights via its local chapters every time you pay tithing. See the official page of supporting religious organizations on the pro-prop8 website.
And, to be clear, I'm not even convinced there's really anything wrong with that. When groups with common values and goals support one another, more gets done. Ultimately it comes down to which side can persuade more voters, and as long as only Californians get to make that final call in the voting booths of California, the worst out-of-state influences can be blamed for is making what was once a minority into something with enough visibility to become a majority. Again, I have some mixed feelings about that myself, but not enough to allow national groups on just one side of an issue to use their resources to give a disproportionate amount of visibility to their perspective on principle.
Bottom line: The important thing is that the final decision is left to the people of California to make what they will of what both sides are saying, and at least no one (well, except those in favor of amending the national constitution) is questioning or threatening that.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-10-19 09:04 pm (UTC)Your steadfastness on this issue makes more sense now, as I hadn't really thought of it that way before. As you know, I don't share your certainty about everything getting worked out in the end, so I'm much more concerned with what I can do right now.
To this I would add that, not to put too fine a point on it, you yourself support a national organization that uses its funds to engage in out-of-state political fights via its local chapters every time you pay tithing. See the official page of supporting religious organizations on the pro-prop8 website.
And, to be clear, I'm not even convinced there's really anything wrong with that. When groups with common values and goals support one another, more gets done. Ultimately it comes down to which side can persuade more voters, and as long as only Californians get to make that final call in the voting booths of California, the worst out-of-state influences can be blamed for is making what was once a minority into something with enough visibility to become a majority. Again, I have some mixed feelings about that myself, but not enough to allow national groups on just one side of an issue to use their resources to give a disproportionate amount of visibility to their perspective on principle.
Bottom line: The important thing is that the final decision is left to the people of California to make what they will of what both sides are saying, and at least no one (well, except those in favor of amending the national constitution) is questioning or threatening that.