WVKayaker: “Demean implies you are correct in your assumptions and bigotry.”
No. Demean means to treat others poorly, without the dignity fellow FReepers deserve in a civil society and polite forum. Even if you and others think I’m a “jackass” for opposing the legalization of drugs, it doesn’t justify personal attacks on my intelligence.
dcwusmc is very concerned about following the exact letter of the law. Well, there’s a board rule against personal attacks. I can handle the insults. I’m simply pointing them out, because this is supposed to be a polite forum. Calling me a “jackass” doesn’t improve the weight of his arguments.
If you are that thin-skinned, you ought to seek another sandbox. This one is where the kicks are pretty high in the air, and everybody gets dirty. A plea such as yours usually indicates a poorly protected position.
There are no winners in these discussions, only participants. It is all based on personal bigotry and preference. I am also a Christian. Christians believe in Christ. Their sins have been forgiven. They still sin, since it is our nature.
I like Grant's Scotch, a blend. I buy it because it seems as good as Glenmorangie, (to me) along with one of my cigars. I buy it to save money. When tasted alone, it is just a good drink, not great. I smoke a wide variety of different cigars. I buy expensive Scotches, as well, but usually reserve them for special occasions (or not).
The Constitution gives no credence to any of your arguments. There is no license for the Fedrool Gum't to control behaviors. It is clear that the states alone have the right to make these "sin" laws. If you support the WOD, you are also speaking against the United States Constitution.
I will gladly accept correction, if you can PROVE otherwise. A USSC decision, made at variance with the clear writings, is not acceptable proof. Abortion and sodomy laws are also at variance... with this one!
What part of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" is misunderstood in your mind?
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Section 9 - Limits on Congress
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
(No capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.) (Section in parentheses clarified by the 16th Amendment.)
No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State.
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Preamble