I believe in the US Constitution. I believe it gives us the rights we enjoy. I have taken an oath to support and defend it, and I feel it is something worth fighting and dying for.
I believe it is a living document with instructions within itself on how to change it if most everybody wants that - but the document itself is not as open to interpretation as most liberals seem to think it is. For example, in my mind the 2nd Amendment gives me the right as a private citizen to own guns. It is not a fuzzy gray area to me.
The Constitution does not however give anyone the right to a job, health insurance, a welfare state, nannyism, and so on.
Socially liberal: I support GLBT rights, gay marriage, decriminalization of marijuana, legal prostitution, and most other things that fall under the MYOB category.
I understand your point about the Founders, though I don't immediately agree that they were liberals or even that the Constitution was based on a liberal foundation. There are some very conservative concepts in the document.
Oh, and as far as I understand economics (Which isn't far. I understand economics about as far as I can spit a rat), I suppose I am economically conservative as well.
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Date: 1/12/10 16:15 (UTC)I believe it is a living document with instructions within itself on how to change it if most everybody wants that - but the document itself is not as open to interpretation as most liberals seem to think it is. For example, in my mind the 2nd Amendment gives me the right as a private citizen to own guns. It is not a fuzzy gray area to me.
The Constitution does not however give anyone the right to a job, health insurance, a welfare state, nannyism, and so on.
Socially liberal: I support GLBT rights, gay marriage, decriminalization of marijuana, legal prostitution, and most other things that fall under the MYOB category.
I understand your point about the Founders, though I don't immediately agree that they were liberals or even that the Constitution was based on a liberal foundation. There are some very conservative concepts in the document.
Oh, and as far as I understand economics (Which isn't far. I understand economics about as far as I can spit a rat), I suppose I am economically conservative as well.