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Originally posted by RawAlex@Oct 7 2004, 01:27 PM
Colin, I don't think that any politician should spend his time or effort promoting something that obviously violates someone's rights. There are no laws and nothing in the US constitution that says someone has to be married before they are pregnant. To propose something that like that would violate all of that person's rights.
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You're just being closed minded. I completely understand where he is coming from and more power to him for believing it - though I disagree with him 100%. "Liberal" is not the only valid view of how the world should be though you act as if the Gods made it that way. I think there's room for consevative and liberal viewpoints in the world. I'm open-minded enough to live with both.
There are thousands of laws that violate people's rights. So what? There's a law that says I can't smoke in a restaurant in Florida (I don't smoke). It's not in the constitution. Guess what congressmen do for a living? They propose and make laws! Does it violate all my rights to say I can't own a restaurant and permit smoking there? Damn straight. It violates my rights every bit as much. That's what laws tend to do. They restrict freedoms. Repeat the following one million time ... "Thou shall not ... " I don't see the congressman's remarks as any more alarming than someone who says I have to wear a seatbelt. That's a damned violation of my rights if I ever heard of one. And I have to wear clothes in public? That's 10x more alarming if you ask me.
All minority viewpoints need to be and have a right to be heard. Even the whacko conservative ones. Don't you think? Your argument that certain viewoints shouldn't be heard and are a waste of time is surely dangerous. I'm surprised to read you writing that. It seems out of character. Remember in Fahrenheit 911 when the black woman spoke in front of congress about black votes not being counted? Do you think that was a waste of time because it wasn't going to get anywhere?
What is it that you are advocating? That public officials shouldn't speak up for minority viewpoints or that they shouldn't be permitted to speak up for minority viewpoints?