American Family Association Debate in 10 minutes!

[Richie]

Just wanted to alert you guys about the American Family Association Republican Debate that's on at 7:30; 10 minutes at the time of this posting. You can watch it live at the link below.

http://www.afa.net/

Edit - sorry guys. Got the date wrong. It's tomorrow.

[Brasil Branco]

Isn't it tomorrow?

[ItsTime]

will it air on tv anywhere?

[Richie]

Sorry guys. I was wrong. It's streaming on the 17th. Man... I was excited too.

[zebov]

In 24 hours and 10 minutes :)

[jj111]

Are you sure you have the date correct? I have the date it's on as the 17th, tomorrow.

[ItsTime]

hahaha!

[rajibo]

That place scares me. It looks like their main agenda is to legislate morality. Blah.

[american.swan]

That place scares me. It looks like their main agenda is to legislate morality. Blah.

That is probably more true then you want to know.

Regardless of the factuality of their respective beliefs, the members of the Christian churches will more and more attempt to legislate morality in proportion to their increasing tendency to be nothing more then pew warmers. Your hereby warned.

[wgadget]

I'm hoping RP will set them all straight vis a vis the MORALITY built into the Constitution! All humans are special to their Creator, straight, gay, Baptist, and Mormn...you get the idea...

[jonahtrainer]

That place scares me. It looks like their main agenda is to legislate morality. Blah.

Heaven forbid we legislate murder as illegal. What do you think the law is about? The issue becomes what morality should be legislated. There is a great book on the topic The Morality of the Law (http://www.amazon.com/Morality-Law-Revised-Storrs-Lectures/dp/0300010702/ref=sr_1_4/104-5148259-7311164?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189986005&sr=8-4). With secret prisons, torture, no habeas corpus, no property rights (no gold standard), etc. it makes one wonder what type of people Americans have become.

[rajibo]

Heaven forbid we legislate murder as illegal. What do you think the law is about? The issue becomes what morality should be legislated. There is a great book on the topic The Morality of the Law (http://www.amazon.com/Morality-Law-Revised-Storrs-Lectures/dp/0300010702/ref=sr_1_4/104-5148259-7311164?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189986005&sr=8-4). With secret prisons, torture, no habeas corpus, no property rights (no gold standard), etc. it makes one wonder what type of people Americans have become.

OK, but the AFA seems to only want to get the booty off the television and wipe every homosexual off of the planet.

[quickmike]

Morality is fine as long as it covers issues of protecting life and liberty, but when it starts the slippery slope of legislating individual moral values and using those views for censorship of free speech and free association, thats where I have a BIG problem with these "morality" based people.

[Hurricane Bruiser]

Heaven forbid we legislate murder as illegal. What do you think the law is about? The issue becomes what morality should be legislated. There is a great book on the topic The Morality of the Law (http://www.amazon.com/Morality-Law-Revised-Storrs-Lectures/dp/0300010702/ref=sr_1_4/104-5148259-7311164?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189986005&sr=8-4). With secret prisons, torture, no habeas corpus, no property rights (no gold standard), etc. it makes one wonder what type of people Americans have become.


Morality can be described differently by different people. I do believe that according to the Bible, there are certain things a person should and should not do. However, all of those things should not be in our legal system as some issues are between a person and God. But things like murder, theft, and anything else where you intrude on the rights of someone else is something that the State should have the legal authority to prosecute. But regulating what people say, watch, wear, listen to, have sex with, put in their bodies, and other similar things should not be regulated. Now I can tell you what I think and what the Bible says about all of those issues, but we don't want a country like the Taliban and the Bible is all about freedom of choice.

That is my 2.5 cents.

[austin356]

Heaven forbid we legislate murder as illegal. What do you think the law is about? The issue becomes what morality should be legislated.


Nobody cares about any philosophical arguments showing a broad definition of morality;

When the general public uses the term "legislate morality" they are speaking of a fairly specific type of morality, aka victim-less crimes, etc

So comparing anti-murder legislation to other "moral legislation" is just plain ridiculous.

[quickmike]

But regulating what people say, watch, wear, listen to, have sex with, put in their bodies, and other similar things should not be regulated.


So if I understand you correctly, I should be legally allowed to have sex with a unicorn if I wanted to?


YEESSSSSS!!

RON PAUL 2008

[rajibo]

So if I understand you correctly, I should be legally allowed to have sex with a unicorn if I wanted to?


YEESSSSSS!!

RON PAUL 2008

http://www.dreamascream.com/graphics/00000001/rubies-pink-unicorn-halloween-costume-15156sh_m.jpg

[quickmike]

http://www.dreamascream.com/graphics/00000001/rubies-pink-unicorn-halloween-costume-15156sh_m.jpg

now yer speakin my language