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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
1 - do you support the right for gay couples to legally marry?
2 - do you support the death penalty?
3 - do you believe that freedom of speech should be absolute, or are their some limits on what people should be allowed to say?
4 - do you believe that part of the role of taxation is to redistribute resources more equally?
5 - do you believe that people should be forced to learn the official language of a nation if they want to emmigrate to it?
6 - do you believe that prayer should be prohibited from schools?
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1 - Yes
2 - I don't know. I want to say I'm against it, but the alternatives aren't good either. I'd really rather be addressing the root causes of crime, rather than dealing with how to react to it after the fact.
3 - Provided no one is harmed in person or property as a direct result of the speech, yes. I'd like it if people could give themselves freedom to HEAR others' speech and have it just be others' speech and not something they have to subscribed to or argue against. I'd very much like there to be a public commons of ideas and expression.
4 - Yes
5 - I think most people WANT to. Volunteer with some ESL students for a while if you really want to learn what hard work means--the ones I know work two or three jobs and THEN come in for their English lessons because they want better lives for their families. It's not a matter of force, it's a matter of making the opportunity to learn available.
6 - Organized prayer yes, although opportunity for spiritual expression should be available.