Let's break down the modern, flashy PR move and check some reality:
LGBT rights in Romania (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania)
- Decriminalized in 1996
- Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 1996
- Discrimination protections: protections since 2000 (still don't national ones in the U.S.)
- No marriage
- No civil unions
- Adoption HAAAHAHAAH cmon be serious
LGBT rights in the UK (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_King...)
- Decriminalized in the 60s - 80s, way before 1996
- Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 2005, way after Romania
- Discrimination protections: protections since 2010, way after Romania
- Civil unions in 2005
- Marriage in 2014
- Adoption since 2005 / 2013
And by "electorate" you mean "primates whose brains evolved to solve survival tasks they faced on the savannah, which didn't include practicing logic or empathy."
Well, four votes within 60 years isn't exactly "continually", but I'll cede that point. Lots of Portlanders believe that fluoride is just fine, thank you (though the most recent vote was 60%-40%, sadly.)
Our ancestors were on the brink of starvation for most of history; only for a small slice of time have we* had caloric abundance. Humans turn to eating when facing all kinds of physical and emotional stressors; "simply eating less" is simplistic logic that doesn't hold water in practice.
There are many more attendees of M.A. meetings than there are of people in recovery, trying to quit reading because it's had life-altering effects on their minds.
"Addiction isn't a problem" is the biggest myth perpetuated in the smoking community. I'm not trying to make pot out to be any more or less monstrous than it is, but to claim that addiction isn't something that happens is to hide one's head in the sand.
LGBT rights in Romania (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania) - Decriminalized in 1996 - Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 1996 - Discrimination protections: protections since 2000 (still don't national ones in the U.S.) - No marriage - No civil unions - Adoption HAAAHAHAAH cmon be serious
LGBT rights in the UK (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_King...) - Decriminalized in the 60s - 80s, way before 1996 - Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 2005, way after Romania - Discrimination protections: protections since 2010, way after Romania - Civil unions in 2005 - Marriage in 2014 - Adoption since 2005 / 2013