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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
Most people in the world -- 99.999% --don't place any value on LDS priesthood or temple marriage. They don't give a crap about it or understand it. But most people can relate to the pain that bigotry against gays causes.
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It was not described in that manner as you conveniently ignore for purposes of making an argument.
It was correctly described as relegating black men and women to a lesser status, racial discrimination. In terms of ranking priorities, which is a dangerous game to say the least, I daresay, more people care about racial equality than about gay marriage. In fact, in light of the 1 Billion Muslims, who do not agree with gay marriage, the proportion of those caring about racial equality to gay marriage, is not even close.
If you wish to limit your arguments within the 1st World of Europe, Canada, Australia and the US, there are significant numbers of persons who care about gay marriage.
More do care about racial equality even in parts of the developing and third world. You are making an invalid argument by arguing gay discrimination is worse than racial discrimination. By relegating gay marriage discrimination I am not diminishing its importance to those who care, but it is not equivalent or greater than racial matters. Only a small percentage of the population is affected by gay marriage, but all people are affected by racial equality.