Morality
I've been thinking about morality a lot lately and how it makes two people put in the same exact situation different. Yesterday I came across a little moral stumbling block. My mom asked me to fill out her sample voting ballot, she's voting for the obaminator, all dems, and leaving the nonpartisan questions blank..the main thing she needed me for was the amendments cause english is not her first language and she couldn't properly conclude what the amendments were proposing because of their sticky wording, so she just wanted me to fill it out for her and she trusted my judgment. I'm pretty sure she would agree with all of what I chose except for amendment 2 which doesn't give unmarried couples (even if they've been together for a while) the same rights as married couples and doesn't allow homosexuals to marry. To me this amendment is morally wrong, but I was filling out the ballot on my moms behalf for her so I should have put down what she would agree with right? I think it came down to which right is more profound. The rights of two people in love who want to be together, or for a heterosexual couple to have the same visiting rights as a married one in a hospital, or my moms right to vote with understanding. I figured that the end justified the means, and I checked "NO" for number 2.
I can't wait to see who will win tonight. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
I can't wait to see who will win tonight. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!