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In response to "After 'a life-changing experience,' Germany's Merkel shifts her position on same-sex marriage -- (edited)" by ty97

I mean, great, but IMO someone should not need a personal experience to see and understand what is the right thing to do

Posted by Guigue (aka Guigue) Jun 27 '17, 14:55

Because if leaders NEEDS to know someone in a minority group to care for them, we're in trouble

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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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I mean, great, but IMO someone should not need a personal experience to see and understand what is the right thing to do

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