The word of law is imagined, written and protected by people. In general, these laws are good. They not only have a clear function, but they also serve to protect as many people as possible, and do so with as little prejudice as possible. But some of these laws have been on the books for a long time, and the world changes. The people who imagined and wrote them may not be around any longer either.
Laws are ideas, prejudices, projections and ambitions set in stone. What many people see is only the fact that they are set in stone. They fail to recognise that someone carved them there. What we can do about it is to change those who get to decide what is written down. We get our vote.
With our vote, we can put people that we trust into positions of influence. And we get to do this, by law. It wasn’t always like that, but the old people died and new laws were made to fit the changing world.
Politicians seek the power to carve new laws. They will promise a wide range of possibilities, in exchange for your vote. We have to hold their feet to the fire, so that they fulfill their promises. It is our right and duty to make sure the laws change along with the world.
By their nature, rules, laws and rights are a reflection of our lifetime. They delineate the things we can and cannot do, and in some cases they decide who we can and cannot be, love or marry. This is what we have. The vote we get is the chance to make that better.