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1 - do you support the right for gay couples to legally marry?
Yes with the caveat that no church nor church official should be forced to perform such a marriage. If a church won't recognize the marriage, they should not be forced to.
2 - do you support the death penalty?
No. Neither courts nor judges nor juries are perfect. Sometimes innocent people are convicted then found guilty later. Capital punishment is retribution for the victims and their families, not to deter or punish crime.
3 - do you believe that freedom of speech should be absolute, or are their some limits on what people should be allowed to say?
No right is ever "absolute". It doesn't matter what the right is, but there is always an exception. Always. For freedom of speech, for instance, libel and slander immediately spring to mind. The government has the right and duty to protect me from, again for instance, Cynthetiq from calling me a gay pedophilic canibal who prefers his little boys with a side of gravy. In an absolute world, that's in bounds. We do not live in an absolute world.
4 - do you believe that part of the role of taxation is to redistribute resources more equally?
Since this is phrased as an absolute, no I don't. Some resources should be redistributed more equally, but certainly not all. Some resources should not belong to those who want them (Arizona, get your stinking eyes off our Great Lakes water). Should the poor get special assistance? Generally yes.
5 - do you believe that people should be forced to learn the official language of a nation if they want to emmigrate to it?
I don't agree with official languages to begin with, especially in the US, so no. Every immigrant I've ever met has been able to deal with English at least on a basic functional level. They have to if they want to work or learn here. If you're truely going to emmigrate, learning the language would seem nothing less than prudent.
6 - do you believe that prayer should be prohibited from schools?
All prayers all the time? No. Official prayer required of all students? Yes. Groups of students praying together? No. Groups of students led by school employees? Yes.
How about the half dozen or so of you that felt the need to pass judgement on everyone else's opinions share your own? If you don't want to share, you don't belong in this thread.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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