It should be obvious to religious conservatives that their "religious freedom" is entirely relative to elite consensus at any point in time
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Which is perfectly sensible, because individuals do not exist in a social vacuum. Hence, the absurdity of pleading for religious freedom within the boundaries of liberalism
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There can only be one set of dominant social norms in a given society and plurality is an illusion insofar as a subservient set of social norms comes into conflict with the dominant set
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Also, it's absolute folly to rely on public opinion to safeguard the boundaries on dominant social values. The speed at which public opinion on millennia old values like the indissolubility of marriage should show how foolish this is
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Essentially, an elite can propose any sort of value system it wants and as long as the direct result isn't some sort of complete societal collapse, this value system will be internalized by society within a few years.
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