Taking Liberties with Liberty
Posted in Politics on 05/06/2010 12:49 am by Ronnica
If you don’t like something in the American culture at large, is it okay to say it? Fight it? Encourage lawmakers to restrict it?
If the issue is the treatment of animals, the emission of greenhouse gases, or the enforcement of immigration laws, the answer seems to be yes.
But what if the issue is moral? Limiting pornography distribution, the defense of the traditional family, or the ending of legal abortion?
The answer seems to be no.
I know we Americans pride ourselves on our freedom. I’m thankful to live here, truly. But when did our inalienable rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” come to mean “you mind your own business and I do whatever I very well please” ?
I’m okay if that “whatever” is just a difference of opinion. Or just stupid. But when it is something harmful to others or trashes and distorts one of God’s good gifts, a line has been crossed.
Civil discussion encouraged.
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