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I am primarily a democrat. I believe in personal freedoms, and a free market.
My Democrat views
- Death penalty should be illegal.
- Women should have the right to have an abortion
- I fear changes in the Earth, as apposed to changes in society.
- Minority groups (homosexual community) should not have to conform to the majority (heterosexual community).
- I prefer to have foreign military operations directed jointly with international organizations such as the United Nations or N.A.T.O, as opposed to only being directed by Americans and the Pentagon.
- I view the Constitution as a "living, changing document" with "evolving standards of morality". I do not believe the Constitution is a "non changing, strictly constructed document".
- I respect the religious beliefs of others by not imposing my own religion on them.
- I believe the individual should have the final authority in deciding what to do with his body, as opposed to the government deciding for them.
- I see guns as a defensive tool of protection, as opposed to an offensive tool of aggression.
- The government is a little bit too involved in the economy.
- The federal government is too involved in issues that should be dealt with by the states.
I see that you are a democrat that is in favor of decreasing the power of democrats. It is truly interesting to me to see that you believe in increased power to the states when by doing so you give the Republican Party exactly what they need in order to grow in strength. Traditionally the Republican Party has been the majority party and thus has wanted small power in the national government so that they could obtain more of the power with their smaller number of followers.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to ask you a fairly difficult question. You say that you believe in equality and respect between religions which I as well believe in. But do you believe in this to the extent that you would side with the following argument: Some staunch liberals have sided with radicals among non Christian religious groups in the U.S. in attempting to remove "In God We Trust" from all of the U.S. currency. This phrase has been a symbol of hope to the people and is an ingrained part of the U.S. culture which few people have a problem with. Do you respect other religions to the point where you would remove this traditional American symbol from its currency so that it doesn't impose a majority Christian influence in the U.S.?
Finally, I see that you didn't explain why you followed these things. Perhaps you might consider reflecting on the information you post on your blog.
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ReplyDeleteVery well Matt. To answer your question, I do not believe currency bearing the words "In God We Trust" is very effective religious propaganda. It is not a big issue, and it probably causes more good in the form of hope to those who believe in God, than causing harm to those who don't. An atheist isn't going to care about religious messages on the money he uses, or at least not very much. But religious people DO care about it not being there
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