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Rights

A right that relates to my issue is the right to get married. Currently it is a right that is only granted to heterosexual couples. Some may not consider marriage as a right that should be granted to all, but many disagree with that. It is debated because some believe that if the right to marry is granted to homosexual couples it will lower the value of the marriages of others. Another argument is that if one can define marriage outside one man and one woman then it could potentially lead to a complete lack of sanctity in regards to marriage. I understand the desire to keep marriage a sanctified institution, but don't understand how gay people marrying could possible de-sanctify that institution. The way the law currently stands is discriminatory. 

Facts

The "rational ideal" as referred to in Stone emphasizes truth and facts as method of resolving conflict. While this idea only works perfectly in the ideal I think many issues could be resolved by providing proper information. Keeping in mind it is nearly impossible to properly educate an entire polis, I think the health care debate would be much simpler and stream lined if we were more educated on the subject. If the Democrats politicians were 100% clear on the cost, and Republican politicians didn't contribute to the lies spread about Obama's health care plan, we would have a more efficient model of legislation. 

One "fact' about abstinence only education is that it's, "programs showed few short-term benefits and no lasting, positive impact. A few programs showed mild success at improving attitudes and intentions to abstain. No program was able to demonstrate a positive impact on sexual behavior over time." These are words taken not from opinions but results, and if treated rationally would eliminate public funding for abstinence only education.

Facts, while possibly changeable in perception to slight degrees stand on their own. Most people would agree that facts, opposed to political rhetoric and the framing of facts, should be the biggest influence in public policy. At least with the issues I discuss this is not really the case.