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To: marshmallow
I know I'm going to get slammed for this opinion, but from all these replies, I see a lot of intolerence here. Yes, I am a Libertarian (capital L), and as I see it, what consenting Adults choose to do in the privacy of their bedrooms, as long as it does not harm others, is their choice, no matter how repulsed anyone else is by the behavior.

While we can decry the practice on moral grounds, True Freedom means defending that which you vehamently disagree with. The rights of the minority are just as important as the rights of the majority. What skeletons might be hiding in your closet that someone else might find offensive?

Intolerence is not a purvue of only the Left, it would seem.

( ... bracing for the attacks ... )

24 posted on 07/09/2002 4:03:59 PM PDT by mukraker
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To: mukraker
The right to do whatever desire strikes you is the right to harm yourself and others.

I agree that folks should be free to screw up their lives. I also have the right to try to convince you of the harm you do and encourage you to spend your precious life in creating more good and less harm.

No one can harm just themselves. Ask your spouse, your siblings, your parents, your friends. When you are hurting they hurt - if they truly care for you.

"Marriage is still the most sacred institution in our country."

If this is true, and this article and the statistics on single parents and divorce are true, then this is a sad comment on the values of this country.

28 posted on 07/10/2002 10:50:08 PM PDT by D-fendr
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