Now before you start slamming me, this is not meant as an attack on conservatives. Okay? Let's get that out of the way.
In the mid-1800s progressives put forth the idea that people regardless of color should not be used as slaves. Conservatives fought against it, and are now the villains of history.
In the early part of the 20th century women fought for the right to vote. Social conservatives fought against it. Women won the right, and their opponents were vilified by history.
In the 1960s and beyond, blacks fought for the rights to vote and to inter-marry with whites. Conservatives fought against it. They are now seen as narrow-minded bigots.
So here's the question: When history has shown us that the American people won't stand for denial of the rights of others based on arbitrary delineators such as race or sex, why do conservatives continue to stand in the way of the progress of equal freedom for all?
Our current example is of course the rights of gays to marry.
2006-07-26
05:10:37
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NickDanger_99
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