[robertpaulsen]

"you'd prefer for your beliefs to be enforced by the government at gunpoint?"

I believe that the will of people should be expressed through their elected representatives. I believe that their elected representatives should heed the will of their constituents, and pass legislation reflecting their desires.

I also believe that constitutional laws be enforced at gunpoint, if necessary. What, do you prefer "pretty please with sugar on top"? Do you think that laws are suggestions? Or that they're optional? That you, personally, decide which ones you'll obey, and which ones you won't?

Grow up.

[steve-b]

So you are guided by the Rousseauean political philosophy.

[steve-b]

I believe that the will of people should be expressed through their elected representatives. I believe that their elected representatives should heed the will of their constituents, and pass legislation reflecting their desires.

[antiRepublicrat]

I believe that the will of people should be expressed through their elected representatives. I believe that their elected representatives should heed the will of their constituents, and pass legislation reflecting their desires.

Thus the two wolves and a sheep metaphor I used earlier. There have to be stringent limits on what the people can accomplish through legislation, and I don't believe morality matters should be legislated, as definitions of morality differ widely even within the same religion.

[Protagoras]

I believe that their elected representatives should heed the will of their constituents, and pass legislation reflecting their desires.

Slavery was an example of this evil theory.