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After 'a life-changing experience,' Germany's Merkel shifts her position on same-sex marriage -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Jun 27 '17, 14:42

“I had a life-changing experience in my home constituency,” Merkel explained during a question-and-answer session with the audience. She said she had been invited to dinner with a woman and her partner who were caring for eight foster children. She saw that the children were well cared for and it dawned on her that her party’s arguments against same-sex marriage were no longer valid.

“If the youth welfare service entrusts a lesbian couple with eight foster children, then the state could no longer use child welfare as an argument against adoptions,” she said.

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-germany-same-sex-marriage-20170627-story.html (www.latimes.com)

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Good for her. -- nm - David Jun 27, 14:57
I mean, great, but IMO someone should not need a personal experience to see and understand what is the right thing to do - Guigue Jun 27, 14:55 13
- I agree with "should not", but at the same time it's human nature, -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 15:08
- it's not care, it's ssm. many, many people changed/change their minds about it based on personal experiences like that. - b. Jun 27, 15:03 5
  - Some of those political reasons is all the calls and letters, often from organized groups, personal experience works on both -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 16:35
  - I think the last line of your post disproves the corollary here - ty97 Jun 27, 15:05 3
    - But it comes down to political allies and alliances more than voters. The conservative side of German politics is a coalition between the CDU (of - Roger More Jun 27, 15:32 1
      - I get it, but you're at 80% public support, how much damage is it really going to do? -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 15:40
    - I didn't mean to directly connect the parts, just meant to say pretty much what you did up there. - b. Jun 27, 15:09
- Based on the article, this sounds more like a move of political expediency for her, and the story is just a nice cover - ty97 Jun 27, 15:01 2
  - (from bb, I just read the cory booker twitter post, I'm with you on the likely planned nature; but it was still cool. :) -) -- nm - b. Jun 27, 15:05 1
    - oh yeah, not knocking it. Just....cynical :) -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 15:05
- You may be surprised what it takes to get people to be less bigoted. -- nm - Diva Jun 27, 15:00 2
  - I watched this show called Will and Grace -- nm - Joe Biden Jun 27, 15:02 1
    - ha! -- nm - Diva Jun 27, 15:28

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