When you disapprove of something, where do you draw the line....?

Question

...between deciding it's unacceptable for you (and your children) and deciding that it's unacceptable for others (and their children)?

So many social issues--same-sex marriage, abortion, the books and classes allowed in school--come down to whether other people are okay with it. And they are so controversial because people have different standards. So I wonder, where are yours? Where can you just decide it's not for you, and where do you have to step in and do something about the thing you disapprove of?

This is for everybody, of all and no religions.

Answer 1

I think for me it depends on how many people it affects and how much I consider it a person's individual business.

I consider same-sex marriage and abortion to be acceptable because I don't see the effects seeping into society at large. In a free society, they are personal decisions.

I would be more inclined to intervene and speak up against the banning of books from schools. I mean age-appropriate literature like Catcher in the Rye in High School, evolution from science class etc. Such bans can have a far-reaching effect on large chunks of an entire generation of people whos education took a hit because some people decided to enforce their beliefs on everyone, regardless of their own opinions, or developing opinions.

Answer 2

You can only decide what is right for you and your children. Everyone else has to decide what is right for them.

Moral issues are for the family to teach, as is religious issues.

Answer 3

when it promotes other things that are unacceptable for me, or makes life needlessly harder for others.