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To: Hugin
so I don't fear leaving it up to the political process to determine.

Unalienable rights are not up for a majority vote. Sorry. That is the recipe for destruction of the basis for the form of republican self-government our forebears risked their lives, honor and fortunes to deliver to us.

29 posted on 11/27/2009 9:17:27 PM PST by EternalVigilance ("No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law." - The U.S. Constitution (TWICE))
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To: EternalVigilance
Unalienable rights are not up for a majority vote. Sorry.

History shows the founders themselves disagreed with you. They agreed to deprive slaves of their inalienable rights because the majority in those states did not agree that they should be considered persons under the law. They chose to allow states to determine the issue, and trusted the political process to correct it over time.

33 posted on 11/27/2009 9:26:32 PM PST by Hugin (Sarah Palin: accept no substitutes!)
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