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To: Christian_Capitalist
On the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, in 2004, the elder Paul stated on the floor of the House, "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society."

And the problem with that statement is... what?

These goobers don't get the fact that the gd gub'mint owes WE THE PEOPLE equal treatment and we citizens, free people all, are free, free, free to indulge what ever silly, incoherent system of discrimination we please with our property and our lives. Some folks may be pretty ignorant about their likes and dislikes, but as long as one doesn't rape, pillage and plunder, doesn't break a real law, which to me means mal in se, or natural law (almost all of which is derived from the Ten Commandments) we should be able to live as we please, foolish or not.

This needs lots more discussion.

47 posted on 05/22/2010 8:06:35 AM PDT by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: metesky
I agree with you in principle, but Paul just about got mauled for discussing the subject in even an abstract sense.

In his somewhat-rambling, halting way, Rand Paul's been about as brave on this subject as a national-level politician can get away with in this day and age. But he shouldn't let it define his whole campaign, there's too many other important issues that are crying for real solutions.

71 posted on 05/22/2010 5:38:27 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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