[Noumenon]

If I had my way, everyone would be follower of Christ, and try to follow the "Big 10" as well as they could. But, I cannot bring that about except for talking, persuading, and sharing. I WOULD NEVER for one minute FORCE some one to make a statement of faith, and as far as the 10 commandments go, heck, most of 'em are written into the judicial codes anyway.

And there you have it. This is a recipe for a civilised - and civil - society. Civilised human beings rely upon education, moral suasion and above all, leading by example to make their points.

Watching Alan Keyes deal with that harridan witch Gloria Alred last night on the subject of forced government indoctriniation of homosexual 'tolerance' in California public schools was quite interesting. Keyes pointed out that, regardless of what had happened in the past, the issue of 'tolerance' was a matter that belonged in the realm of conscience and free will. He pointed out that enforcement of this sort of indoctrination required the tacit and implicit destruction of the very principles upon which the country was founded, and that it made mock of the Bill of Rights andh the Constitution. He also pointed out that if homosexuality was forbidden by another's religious beliefs, then wasn't cuompulsory indoctrination in the desirability and normalcy of he homosexual lifestyle a form of religious intolerance also?

Allred's response was to dodge the question and respond with the "every student has the right to learn in a 'safe' environment" mantra. She was clearly angry at Keyes' clear and logical presentation, and could offer nothing to refute it. Allred's the type who prefers to do by legal manipulation what she clearly could not do by any other means save that ofa gun. She was utterly untroubled by the fact that getting her way would have meant the further division of our society into yet another 'protected class'. She could have cared less about the destruction of hte foundation of our liberty, because that is precisely what she - and her Gramscian/Marcusian ilk - desires.

[Eagle Eye]

Allred's the type who prefers to do by legal manipulation what she clearly could not do by any other means save that ofa gun

IOW, she, and those like her, is the reason for for RKBA.

[L,TOWM]

And when people like Allred have their way, that's when I stop turning cheeks and start loading magazines.

I hope they won't outlaw home schooling until my kids are grown up. One of the few weak spots I have left--don't mess with my right to teach my kids a moral system that I have spent a lifetime weighing and applying. I at least should get a few years to make my impact on them before they find out about the ways of the world and turn into fully free moral actors themselves.