Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Can you handle opposition?


I actually really appreciate opposing opinion.....it's ludicrous that the people in this country refuse to accept others' opinions. We all have our biases and we all form opinions based on those biases....neither side of an argument is absolute. I've grown in some of my positions and I'll hold firm in others regardless of the argument. It's also ludicrous that the bases of either party expect their elected leaders to toe the line of a party doctrine and never use critical thought to form their own opinions. For example, I deviate from the far right of my party when it comes to *some* immigration issues. I don't think the children of illegal aliens should be punished for being brought here illegally--the kids didn't do anything wrong!? However, I don't think they should be given special treatment that citizens don't get! Should they get in-state tuition? No, but why do we think inside the box all the time? Why can't colleges create a tuition rate for them that's not as high as foreign student but not as low as in-state residents? My point is there are other ways to follow our laws and protect our  sovereignty without discounting human decency.

When it comes to guns.....pass a Constitutional amendment if it's such a great solution. Change the 2nd Amendment to read instead of "shall not be infringed" to something like "may be regulated but shall not be removed".....

Things like gay marriage.....I'm a Christian and I have my beliefs as to homosexuality and the Bible. However, I have no right to impose my beliefs on you. We lose site of that the freedom of religion is also the right to freedom from religion should one choose. If I share my personal beliefs on gay marriage and the people don't want to elect me as their representative because of them so be it....but if my beliefs are well known and you don't agree with me but I'm elected anyway well, sorry, the people have spoken. BUT, we have the rule of law protecting the people from me going nuts and imposing my will on the people. Is one man marrying another immoral? That's debatable but it's based on personal bias. Is it illegal? No, and it shouldn't be whether I personally agree with it or not.

Abortion....I will never budge on this issue because I believe it's murder and murder is illegal. Abortion, in my opinion, should be illegal under any circumstance.

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