Tyranny and the Denial of Happiness
It is a legitimate function of government to keep others from denying your liberty, choice, and pursuit of happiness. It is tyrannical to use government powers to deny others their liberty, choice, and pursuit of happiness.
Tyrants often require denying somebody else their pursuit of happiness. A person with an honest concern is seeking a solution that allows them to pursue their happiness, not a solution designed to deny others their pursuit of happiness.
Tyrants in America often dishonestly try to cloak denying others' liberty and pursuit of happiness by claiming some infringement on the tyrant's rights. A telltale sign of this dishonesty is that any attempt to resolve this claimed "infringement" that does not deny others their pursuit of happiness will be summarily rejected. This is because a solution to the "infringement" is not the goal, the denial of another's freedom is the goal.
If your idea of religious liberty is to impose your religion on others, you are not for religious liberty, you are a tyrant. If you use your religion as an excuse to prohibit others from making their own choices, you are a tyrant.
If your idea of women's rights is to use the law to deny men their pursuit of happiness, you are a tyrant. Promoting women's pursuit of happiness does not entail denying men's pursuit of happiness.
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