Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:23:13 PM
Based on the campaign messages by progressive Democrats, I just might be one of them.
I am strongly in favor of the separation of church and state[1].
I am for gay marriage[2] and LGBT rights[3].
I am against bullying[4].
I support women's rights, including the right to choose[3], and equal pay[5].
I am in favor of equal opportunity[5].
I want more jobs in America[6].
I support[7] education[8].
I support[7] working families[9].
I support[7] affordable housing[10].
I support[7] taking care of children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled[11].
I am in favor of making the rich pay their fair share[12].
I am for children’s rights[11].
I am for reparations for African-Americans[13].
I support immigrant rights[14].
I like diversity[15].
I am for protecting the environment[16].
Notes:
[1] I do not want the federal government adopting as a national church one specific Christian denomination, nor do I want any level of government to interfere in church matters unless a crime has been committed.
[2] I want all marriages to be gay and otherwise happy, healthy, and lasting.
[3] I am for the rights of LGBT people and women, regardless of their political views or where they live to:
Choose what to do with their own property.
Choose whom to hire, promote, and fire as business owners or residents.
Choose what to will offer as compensation, and, as employees, choose whether or not to accept.
Choose whether or not to join a union.
Choose whether or not to pay for health insurance.
Choose whether or not they will save for the future.
Choose which school, if any, their child will attend (if accepted), and which school(s), if any, they will financially support.
Choose whether or not they will own or carry a handgun, unless they’ve shown they can’t be trusted with a gun.
Choose whether or not they will support a business.
Choose whether or not to be charitable, and being able to choose which charitable efforts they will support.
Choose, even if they are elected officials, whether or not to publicly express their religion.
Choose to put the rights of women or LGBT people over Leftist unity, Democrat election victories, socialism, or “peace” with terrorists.
Not be butchered in the womb or on the table or left in a closet to die.
To have a mother and a father and be raised by them instead of being treated like wards of the state.
Choose mothering over career, or career instead of mothering, or a career that allows her to actively mother her own children, or a husband that will take care of the kids and home while she works.
Manage the fruits of her own professional labor via lower taxes, including her freedom to accumulate and pay off her own debts; budget, save, and invest; pay for her own meals, drinks, entertainment, etc.
Choose whether or not to have sex, and whether it will be with a loving, devoted, spouse who is characteristically or financially able to raise a family or with some stranger - and I believe that, being adults, these people can handle the consequences without my help.
Pay support to an ex-spouse and child support.
Be treated the same as anyone would be treated in cases of domestic violence and other crimes, including statutory rape.
Have commitment ceremonies, exchange rings, have a minister officiate, live together, refer to each other(s) with spousal designations, change names, have receptions and vacations, etc.
[4] I think coercion, assault, vandalism, and harassment should be prosecuted and otherwise punished regardless of the identity of the victim, and that the force of government should not be used to prevent people from enjoying their liberty as they see fit.
[5] I am for equal pay for equal negotiation, and the opportunity to apply for jobs or create a job.
[6] I want people to retain as much of their earnings and property rights as possible and for our markets to be as free as possible, and this will mean more jobs in America.
[7] With my taxes, whether I like it or not. And I don't even get thank-you cards.
[8] I want everyone to be able to choose their school, and I am strongly in favor of people being taught such things as the original meaning and intents of the Constitution, how to use a gun, unanswered questions in evolutionary models, the difference between science and philosophy, the realities of abortion, and the contents and history of the most influential collection of literature in Western civilization – The Bible.
[9] I want people to work rather being on taxpayer assistance, and if a child wants to work for money, they should be allowed to work – and not just in the entertainment industry. There's no reason why a 13-year-old should be prevented from working after school or on the weekends for whatever compensation is negotiated.
[10] It is silly to have housing go vacant, which is what housing does if it isn't affordable. All housing that sells or rents without taxpayer money is affordable. Allowing development increases supply, which keeps prices down. Don't confuse subsidized housing with affordable housing.
[11] I'm for private charity, which along with capitalism, takes care of these people; I'm against killing children and old people. I'm for the rights of children to a mother and father.
[12] The rich are paying way too much of the overall tax burden, and they shouldn't have to pay a higher percentage of their income than anyone else to income taxes, because that’s not fair.
[13] …and anyone else who is the victim of a crime; the victims of crimes or their immediate heirs should get restitution from the actual perpetrator.
[14] I support the rights of immigrants to be honored rather than insulted and disrespected, as they are when illegal aliens are rewarded for breaking the law.
[15] It is wonderful to have diversity in education, in media, in state laws, in having both a man and woman in a legal marriage, all of the different kinds of lightbulbs and guns and SUVs and televisions and Bibles, etc.
[16] …from imminent domain abuse and government mismanagement. The best to protect the environment is through private property rights.