Quote Originally Posted by redfox View Post
Whose morality?
I think society's morality will do. There is morality, as religions dictate, and there is the accepted morality of a society. I am not religious, at all. Don't believe in it. But I am a moral person. Religion does not own morality, nor did they invent it. When we gathered together in organized societies, each society had to 'hammer out' what was acceptable morality for that society. Today, even, the world isn't in total agreement as to what is moral. Some societies are fairly loose by our standards, and others quite strict. Although I think most of who we would consider civilized societies find murder immoral, some are more lax in this than others. Morality is simply what we think is right and what is wrong. (this is of course different than laws. It isn't immoral to run a red light, but it is against the law)

This society, right now, is largely saying gay marriage is OK. Therefore, gay marriage is moral and perfectly acceptable. This society, right now, also says discrimination against gays, blacks, women, etc...is not moral and is wrong, therefore it is.
People evolve, societies evolve. It wasn't that long ago when showing your ankle was wrong, and women who did were thought to be immoral. We think it's funny now, but it was a very serious reality that labeled these women, possibly ruining their reputations.

When people decry societies changing morals, this is the kind of thing they are talking about. It was the same mindset that didn't want women to vote/allowed to own property, or blacks to be freed/treated equal, or let women have control over their own reproductive lives, etc...We learn, we evolve, we move forward. There will always be those who try to cling to the 'way it was' with both hands, screaming about 'taking America back' and other such nonsense.
This is an evolving, moral nation. I think, rather than losing our morals, we are fine tuning them and becoming more aware. And those who would brag about their morals, are largely becoming the ones who are immoral by this society's thinking.

The reason the federal government needs to be involved is because we don't allow states to vote on discrimination. If we allowed each state to decide what was discrimination, the south would still be segregated. And I'm sure there would be more than one state that didn't allow women to vote, or mixed race couples to marry.