I will add my little voice to the big thank yous Russel Brown. All the help has been urgently needed. Much appreciated, never to be forgotten.
If this wins, and I am now confident it will, it will be a victory of thought over fear – and that will be historic. Yay for you, for me, for us!
The MakeItLegal site has reached (according to Facebokk stats) over two million people. Quite large – and it has depended on ordinary people sharing on their social media – yay for all of us.
What a stupid idea this was! What cowards in government! I realise this was the best that could be, it is what it is, but what a extremely silly way to decide social issues. Demonstrates just how profoundly anti-democratic referendums on social issues are. Why my vote should decide Joe Blow’s legal rights is beyond me.
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CBS Evening News devoted its “Weekend Journal” segment to, as anchor Russ Mitchell explained, “the Senate veteran who is known far and wide as Saint Jack. Bill Whitaker proceeded to relay, without any competing voices, the anti-Christian Right enmity of former moderate, at best, Missouri Republican Senator Jack Danforth who is on a crusade to rid the Republican Party of the influence of Christian conservatives. Whitaker began with a clip of Danforth declaring: I am concerned about the Republican Party becoming, in essence, the party of the Christian conservatives. Whitaker then bucked-up Danforth s authority: This is no Republican-basher speaking. It s party stalwart John Danforth, a lifelong Republican with rock solid conservative credentials.” To support the ludicrous claim that Danforth holds “solid conservative credentials,” Whitaker cited how he “led the bitter partisan battle to put Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court�
The Republican Establishment is trying to establish Ben Carson as their acceptable “anti-Establishment” candidate.
According to Rich Lowry [Email him] “Ben Carson is a superior outsider to Donald Trump.” Lowry praises Carson for catching “the populist wave roiling Republican politics” while not being “an obnoxious braggart who abuses anyone who crosses him and will say or do anything as long as he s getting attention.” [
Politico, September 2, 2015]
In addition to praising Carson, the GOP Establishment also pretends Carson is on the verge of knocking off Trump. Bill Kristol [Email him] proclaimed, “Republicans have had an exciting summer fling with Donald Trump, and are about to embark on a fall romance with Ben Carson.” [
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There is a responsibility – and perhaps even a mandate – in a pure democracy to represent the will of the people. With political parties and elected officials, there is a direct tie between the demands of the electoral bosses that, through votes and polling, express the direction which the politicians in power should follow.
Throughout American history, it has been a relief, a joy, and a blessing to know that America is not a pure democracy.
Although those in political power rule with the consent of the people, in our constitutional republic, “…of the people, by the people, for the people…” has a deeper meaning than simply carrying out the impulses of the loudest or most voluminous voices in America. Our system of government through constitutional order is a constant reminder that the rightful governance to protect God-given rights should never be driven by the whims of emotional human beings that advance near-sighted goals through reactionary meas