So, because someone or group tolerates the expression of an opinion they or the majority of the group disagrees with, that is a tacit endorsement of the opinion? Please. In the grand scheme of things, universities are supposed to be institutions of higher learning. Just because the left seeks to ban our point of view from schools and elsewhere, doesn’t mean that we should do the same. We either believe in the Freedom of Speech and the Constitution or we don’t. To do anything else would bring us to their level.
What? Since when has Harry Reid only spoken on pro-abortion issues, and not acted?
Why have you bought into the liberal tactic that vying for the abortion industry is only something done in the mind -- as they try to frame it, a "choice"...or as you've just done, only a "vocal chord" issue of an "opinion..."..."free speech"...
I'm sorry, but when Congress passed socialized "healthcare," it wasn't simply something they expressed an opinion about. They didn't just get on their soapboxes and say, "We're going to use these to show we have constitutionally protected 'free speech.'" They acted!
And Harry Reid has not only further opened the door to govt-subsidized abortion -- thru what will be expanded by the liberals...but his voting record reveals the same thing!!!
And THAT is MUCH, MUCH more than simply what you cravenly reduced it to...
..."expression of opinion"
..."point of view"
..."freedom of speech"
(Maybe you need to go back to high school so you can discover the difference between an opinion, a point of view, a worldview, and an actual congressional vote!!! Your sickening defense of Reid calls for a new barf alert just on this post alone!!! And what's your motivation for such a defense???...for reducing his actions to editorial- page status??? Would you defend a non-Mormon politician with his track record in the same manner????)
You need to dump "Reaganesque" as your screen name 'cause this post alone highly disgraces his name!!!
Do you need a refresher on some of Reid's actual VOTES?
According to On the Issues, He Voted NO on restricting UN funding for population control policies. (Mar 2009)
* He Voted NO on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP. (Mar 2008)
* And he voted NO on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (Oct 2007)
Now those are ACTION...those weren't worldview expressions only...those weren't mere opinions...those were votes that resulted/results in more dead pre-born babies!
Likewise, Reid voted against the ban on same-sex marriage in 2006. That wasn't just a moral opinion!!!
As of 2007, ontheissues.org said Reid had voted with the Democrats on 95% of his votes...and who knows, that % has likely only gone up since then!!!
One sure has to tie themselves up in knots to defend mormon leaders approval of Reid and tacit approval of his actions.
Your comment "We either believe in the Freedom of Speech and the Constitution or we don’t is hilarious, given the mormon practice of excommunicating those whose opinion on doctrinal matters differs from the church dogma. Just ask the September Six.
"Although Doctrine and Covenants Section 93 states that “the Glory of God is Intelligence,” the recent history of the Mormon church has been one of suppressing intellectuals who use their intelligence to write truthfully about the history of the church.
Elder Boyd K. Packer, a former member of the First Presidency, led the effort to ex-comunicate six scholars who were members of the Mormon church in September of 1993.
The six academics ex-communicated for telling the truth about church history would become known as the September Six. Critics of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints point to this and the more recent dis-fellowshipping of Grant Palmer, author of An Insider's View of the Mormon Origins, as proof that the Mormon church is anti-intellectual.
The early Mormon church valued knowledge and went to great lengths to set up Brigham Young University after the Mormons settled in Utah. The Web has made information available freely, making it easier to discover aspects of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that are not faith promoting.
Elder Boyd K. Packer stated that feminists, homosexuals, and so-called intellectuals were a danger to the church a year after the scholars and authors that comprised the September Six were ex-communicated."
Read more at Suite101: The September Six: This Event Started Boyd K. Packer's War on Mormon Intellectuals http://mormonism.suite101.com/article.cfm/mormon_intellectual_decline#ixzz0k2wkfHOU
Oh, please...are Fireside chats also a forum where a diversity of opinions is sought or tolerated?