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::::::::::The Defense of Marriage Act is not really a very good analogy, primarily because there is a difference between law and policy.  And Bill Clinton isn't a dictator, the President has no legislative authority.

::::::::::The Defense of Marriage Act is not really a very good analogy, primarily because there is a difference between law and policy.  And Bill Clinton isn't a dictator, the President has no legislative authority.

::::::::::Believe it or not, there is a strong parallel between this discussion and the one about homosexuals in the Nazi party.  In both instances, early on extreme elements (here it was ANSWER and other radicals, there it was gay stormtroopers) who advocated a position that was outside the mainstream.  Over time, moderate elements adopted thier radical views and gave it legitimacy, so that it did not seem radical, extreme and fringe anymore.  Once it became a majority, and had the reigns of power, then these anti-democratic and anti-human rights positions can be implemented, and they don't seem so radical now that so-called "centrists" or respectable people embrace these ideas, thus upsetting the long held public policy positions that advocate basic fairness for all people.

::::::::::Beleive it or not, there is a strong parallel between this discussion and the one about homosexuals in the Nazi party.  In both instances, early on extreme elements (here it was ANSWER and other radicals, there it was gay stormtroopers) who advocated a position that was outside the mainstream.  Over time, moderate elements adopted thier radical views and gave it legitimacy, so that it did not seem radical, extreme and fringe anymore.  Once it became a majority, and had the reigns of power, then these anti-democratic and anti-human rights positions can be implemented, and they don't seem so radical now that so-called "centrists" or respectable people embrace these ideas, thus upsetting the long held public policy positions that advocate basic fairness for all people.

::::::::::Your arguement is little more than Bush ''et al'' are bad guys and suffer from bad polling numbers.  So what.  It's just your opinion, and I can't find the words "opinion polls" anywhere in the US Constitution.  But in the final analysis, we see so-called "liberals" no longer advocate human rights and democracy, and if anything, they, and now their "middle class" allies, have become more strident, stringent, and hostile to those long held goals of US foreign policy.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 00:32, 27 March 2007 (EDT)

::::::::::Your arguement is little more than Bush ''et al'' are bad guys and suffer from bad polling numbers.  So what.  It's just your opinion, and I can't find the words "opinion polls" anywhere in the US Constitution.  But in the final analysis, we see so-called "liberals" no longer advocate human rights and democracy, and if anything, they, and now their "middle class" allies, have become more strident, stringent, and hostile to those long held goals of US foreign policy.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 00:32, 27 March 2007 (EDT)