Should civil rights be a moral value or a liberal value?
2007-03-19 19:08:44 · 19 answers · asked by ccbabyo 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
"Should"??? How would you go about regulating "should"?
I mean, I believe that when Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself", He meant that civil rights should be a given! So, yes, they are a "moral" value. But, when civil rights are being denied, it becomes a legal issue here in the US and a political issue if it is happening in other countries. (We condemn Cuba--a little nation without much to offer us in the way of economic partnership, but deal with the biggest violator of civil rights, China, because our businessmen have found it more profitable to outsource our manufacturing....)
(Things that make you go hmmmm....)
We start or participate in "wars" because of civil rights' violations; we withhold our "friendship" and aid because of same. We enact sanctions against some countries because of these violations, but ignore them in others. And, whenever the great (ahem...) Decider decides that he'd like to twist a few "terrorist's" arms, we violate them here in the Cradle of Democracy.
So, you tell me...Liberal, moral, legal, Constitutionally guaranteed??? What are "civil rights"?
2007-03-19 19:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by Joey's Back 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because liberals invent rights that they call civil rights.
Marriage is not a right, it is a legal status. No one has the right to marry anyone.
Abortion is also considered a right by liberals. It is also not in the Constitution. There is no mention of it at all. The Supreme Court invented a right to privacy and threw abortion under this concept. I look forward to the day that Roe is overturned and reverted to the states. There will be a lot of states that ban it and I will enjoy liberals flip out. We shall see just how much they are behind democracy and majority rule then.
2007-03-20 15:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Civil rights affect the moral or liberal value of an issue. Thus, conservatives treat civil rights as a liberal issue.
2007-03-19 19:12:30 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
My gut reaction is that it has to do with conservatives desirous to get the government out of our faces. Liberals and consdervatives alike the two have a sturdy thought of right and incorrect or they do no longer. all of us understand what's morally sturdy or morally undesirable. the government can't legislate morality, yet liberals seem to think of that's achieved. The upshot is, conservatives have self assurance that if somebody is doing some thing immoral, they'll at last be extra useful at screwing up their very own lives than the government would be in screwing up their lives for them.
2016-10-02 10:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Civil rights is already a moral issue, there is no need to redefine it into a liberal value. Racism, for example, is a moral issue, not a civil rights issue. That is, it's wrong to judge anyone on a superficial basis, so there is no need to specialize it into skin color, making skin color into the only issue. However, expanding civil rights into other areas, such as behaviour, is another redifinition that may or may not include moral standards.
2007-03-19 19:16:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Who said that conservatives view civil rights as a liberal issue? This is the first time I've ever heard of that. As far as what civil right should be...it should be all inclusive. That's what civil rights are...for everyone and for all reasons. At least, that's the way I've always seen it.
2007-03-19 19:25:10 · answer #6 · answered by chole_24 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It's because certain groups who want/demand their civil rights are loathe to consider the consequences.
Who's rights are being violated when an underage teen can be taken, without parental consent, to an abortion clinic?
Is the fact that the disgusting practices of NAMBLA are illegal a violation of their 'civil rights'? You might not feel that way if your 11 year old son got molested by an adult male.
2007-03-19 19:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Because environment, civil rights, social programs etc. are FEEL good issues.
Ecomonics and taxation for instance are logics issues.
Moral issues are like abortion, death penalty, family values.
They are not one in the same think like they are with liberals. I don't mix my personal business with my marriage. They are exclusive things. I don't think about economics in terms of how can I help the most needy. I think on taxation as how does everyone pay their share, not how to screw the rich because I don't like them.
That is the difference - good or bad.
2007-03-19 19:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
If not for the Republicans The Voting Rights Act would have never passed. Johnson could not get the Democrats to vote for it. Check the 1964 Congressional Record
2007-03-19 19:18:36 · answer #9 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Liberal issue? I believe in a very literal interpretation of the Constitution. Which rights do I, as a Conservative, wish to deny anyone?
All men are created equal. All laws apply EQUALLY. Which law do I, as a Conservative, wish to deny any other man equal protection under?
I wish for no "special" rights, such as affirmative action quotas, but I do not deny anyone equal protection, or equal rights.
2007-03-19 19:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋