December 21, 2023
DAY 355
CHALLENGE
“People shouldn’t legislate their religious views. We live in a democracy, and not everybody has the same religion.”
DEFENSE
This challenge is problematic on several grounds.
First, it assumes people in a democracy shouldn’t vote according to their beliefs. This is false. Democracies exist precisely to allow people to express their will regarding how society should be governed. Saying that they should not vote their will simply because it is informed by their religious views and others disagree with those views, is contrary to the fundamental enterprise of democracy...
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