The Slippery Slope

Over the last election and the coverage of the deciding issues, one thing stands out to me when it comes to the GOP - they fear the "slippery slope".   To them one thing will certainly lead to another and soon we all end up in Hell.  Allow gay marriage?  What's next - marrying your dog?  Legalize pot?  What's next - cocaine? Meth??  You get the picture.

I'd like to put their fears to rest.  There is no slope - slippery or not.  In fact it is more like a staircase - and the best news is that the stairs usually go up - not down.  You deal with one issue at a time and then you move on. Go ahead and have that discussion about gay marriage - and when it is settled hopefully we have taken a step up.  Everyone is still standing - it's OK.  You can even rest on that step for a while - relax, it's safe.  Now you say you still want to marry your dog?  Ok - let's discuss that.  When the discussion is over we can either take a step down, a step up, or even stay right where we are.  It's not slippery - it's very stable.

The important thing to remember is that equality means we are all standing on the same step.  When progress is made we all step up together.  If failure occurs we all take a step down.  The only time we slip is when we have inequality. 

If you live in the world of the slippery slope - you cannot advance forward because you will always slip back.  The stairs, however, make progress quite easy.