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Originally Posted by powerclown
Too inflexible and ideological in my opinion. Saying that tea partiers should have no opinion on social issues is like saying atheists should have no opinion on religious matters...such as where religious insitutions - mosques, for example - should or should not be built. But of course they do. When they say less intrusive government, do you really think they mean 100% less intrusive, zero government intervention, period? I don't think so myself, for this implies they are incapable of managing their own communities. And like pan was saying, different parts of this country hold vastly different beliefs (and to differing degrees) across the entire political spectrum.
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I think the problem with that analogy is a an atheists isn't very likely to insist others follow their beliefs. Sure some are going to ask that religious displays be removed from public buildings and schools. But that not the same as insisting gays not allowed to be married, or women not have the right to choose. Or you can built a church here but you can't build a mosque here.
And again the US Con. doesn't allow you to deny rights in some communities just because you allow them in others.