To an extent, yes. To an extent, politics are personal. But we need to better educate this society when the issues go beyond our personal preferences.
If you vote this year to say that we should be able to make that guy stop talking, then it's gone beyond simply disliking what he has to say. You're attacking the Bill of Rights. You're attcking the Constitution. The First Amendment.
If you tell me that the government has a right to say who can marry who, then that applies to ALL of us, not just the people you don't like. If we had set this precedent in the 40s or 50s, do you think we'd have marriages of mixed races today? It's not about gays. It's about freedom.
We're supposed to do that pretty well around here.
Bush has done more in four years to destroy our civil liberties than any president I can name. Even if he loses, the fact that so many ignorant, apathetic Americans will vote for him makes me sick.
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If you vote this year to say that we should be able to make that guy stop talking, then it's gone beyond simply disliking what he has to say. You're attacking the Bill of Rights. You're attcking the Constitution. The First Amendment.
If you tell me that the government has a right to say who can marry who, then that applies to ALL of us, not just the people you don't like. If we had set this precedent in the 40s or 50s, do you think we'd have marriages of mixed races today? It's not about gays. It's about freedom.
We're supposed to do that pretty well around here.
Bush has done more in four years to destroy our civil liberties than any president I can name. Even if he loses, the fact that so many ignorant, apathetic Americans will vote for him makes me sick.