Don't like gay marriages? Don't get one... Don't like cigarettes? Don't smoke them... Don't like abortions? Don't get one... Don't like sex? Don't have it... Don't like drugs? Don't do them... Don't like porn? Don't watch it... Don't like alcohol? Don't drink it... Don't like guns? Don't buy one... Don't like your rights taken away??? Don't take away someone else's... {re-post if you agree}

I totally agree. I copied it and put it in another journal. =^_^=

TY, this all makes perfect sense, but some people take life to extremes. We must remember, while we need to maintain a healthy moral lifestyle, that by removing ones freedom to choose, we only exasperate problems.

How true that is!

don't like stuff, then don't do stuff!

(abridged version.)

Approved, but... there's also the idea that your freedom to throw punches end at my nose.

I don't smoke, and I'm not going to stop you from smoking. And most of the time I'll even deal with the second-hand smoke. But if your smoking is bugging me and I ask you to move, I hope you'd be gracious enough to move, at least while you're smoking.

Not going to get in the way of your consuming alcohol, but I don't want you hitting me head-on when you drive home because you thought you could handle it. (Forget about killing me, I'd be mad at you for destroying my car).

Similar take on guns... not going to restrict your ability to own one, but I will ask you prove you're not going to take it to a nearby clock-tower and open up on the park-goers.

So I do agree with the underlying idea, we shouldn't take away others rights. But on the other hand, just because you have a right to do something (be it God-given, government-given or otherwise-given) doesn't mean you can be a dick about it when you're inconveniencing others.

Sound good?

(Actually, I suppose it all boils down to the Golden Rule: Treat others the way you'd like to be treated. Which nobody really seems to follow anymore)

Well, thats all good stuff to remember too.