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bowens43

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Thu Dec-02-04 12:23 PM
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2. Why does this guy think that civil rights

can be denied or enacted by a vote? Our Constitution was designed to protect us from the tyranny of the majority. He seems to think that the only rights we have are those that are enumerated in the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. He uses arguments that are very similar to those that were used to oppose interracial marriage. This guy is as "Orwellian' as they come. Denying rights is freedom, allowing freedom is tyranny.

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