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To: george76
the broader issues around the rights of religious groups

That, FRiend, is the core of the logical fallacy of his position. People have rights, but the concept of "group rights" (what the French revolutionaries referred to as " collective liberty") is the source of tyranny.

4 posted on 02/08/2008 11:03:23 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Squawk 8888
People have rights, but the concept of "group rights" (what the French revolutionaries referred to as " collective liberty") is the source of tyranny

Well put.

"Group rights" are the foundation of modern liberalism, and the Democratic party in particular.

29 posted on 02/09/2008 6:01:35 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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