Quote:But you aren't giving freedom to those who disagree with you.  Once you say I want freedom except... then you are opening the door to other exceptions and that is how we have gotten to where we are.  So government only role is to protect life and property?  Haven't seen that government before.  

 

sure I am, so long as they don't harm others. I don't agree with homosexuality but I support same sex marriage. I don't agree with the use of narcotics but support ending narcotic prohibition. I don't agree with prostitution, but support ending laws about sex for profit. 

 

Life and property is the core of governments role, all the authority given to government in the constitution is an extension of the protection of it's citizens life and property (be it physical property, intellectual property, personal property and so on). That was the core foundation of our nation, over the years it's been extended and grown to become much more then that, but at it's core government is only supposed to protect life and property.

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