where do you stand on these social issues?

[??????????]

So George, pal, you don't think criminals would get handguns or something more dangerous if they were made illegal? Would every criminal apologize, give his gun up to the police, and become a good citizen? Or would they step up criminal attacks, especially muggings and armed robberies knowing that as long as the police can't respond in time, they'll be unopposed?

That is the same bull sh**t excuse Liberals make when talking about Drugs, "Bad people are going to do it anyway, make it Legal."

That is true in some aspects. That is why I call for the full legalization of marijuana. Hard drugs should be cracked down on however. But I do think that Heroin/Cocaine should be used for medical purpose if/where practical.

[Jake]

LOL

Except drug use is a choice an individual makes that physically only affects themselves. Keeping guns out of everyone's hands but the police and criminals means innocent people dying unnecessarily. Maybe remove yourself from the fantasy world you're in and realize that armed citizens are able to protect themselves better than the police against rapists, muggers, and robbers. Violent crime with guns is solved one way, licensed concealed carry almost everywhere. Not by taking away everyone's guns but the police, army, and criminals.

[jokerman]

LOL

Except drug use is a choice an individual makes that physically only affects themselves. Keeping guns out of everyone's hands but the police and criminals means innocent people dying unnecessarily. Maybe remove yourself from the fantasy world you're in and realize that armed citizens are able to protect themselves better than the police against rapists, muggers, and robbers. Violent crime with guns is solved one way, licensed concealed carry almost everywhere. Not by taking away everyone's guns but the police, army, and criminals.

Yep

[minionofmidas]

Gay marriage:  Er...support does it I guess. I see no reason why not, I do think it's right and all. It's just not that much of a priority for me...and I don't care whether they actually call it marriage.
Abortion:  Everybody strongly opposes abortions. What exactly are you asking for? Legality of abortion? Somewhat support.
Legalized gambling:  Support.
Prostitution:  Strongly Support. Again, I assume you mean legality of prostitution.
Prayer in school:  Strongly Oppose if it's organized; Support if it's individual. (Notice: I clipped the misleading "voluntary". Organized prayer may still be voluntary.)
School uniforms:  Strongly oppose. I wouldn't send my kid to a school that had any.
Drug legalization:  Strongly Support on Marijuana etc. Strongly Support decriminalization on Opiates, but mind not made up legalization.
Gun control:  Sorta-kinda-support / Depends on exact issue, there's lots of gun control measures I strongly oppose, though not for the same reasons as the gun nuts.
Affirmative action:  Support.
Speed limits:  Strongly Support.
Death penalty:  Strongly Oppose.
Mandatory minimum sentencing:  Strongly Oppose.

[opebo]

Gay marriage:  Strongly Support.
Abortion:  Strongly Support.
Legalized gambling:  Strongly Support.
Prostitution:  Strongly Support.
Prayer in school:  Strongly Oppose.
School uniforms:  Oppose.
Drug legalization:  Strongly Support.
Gun control:  Strongly Support.
Affirmative action:  Support.
Speed limits:  Support, but enforcement should be minimal.
Death penalty:  Strongly Oppose.
Mandatory minimum sentencing:  Strongly Oppose.

[opebo]

Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose.

You mean you don't support legalization or you don't 'support' in the sense of patronizing them? 

If you're against legalization, how does that fit into your generally libertarian ideology?

[jokerman]

Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose.

You mean you don't support legalization or you don't 'support' in the sense of patronizing them? 

If you're against legalization, how does that fit into your generally libertarian ideology?

Well, obviously he's sane.

[opebo]

Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose.

You mean you don't support legalization or you don't 'support' in the sense of patronizing them? 

If you're against legalization, how does that fit into your generally libertarian ideology?

Well, obviously he's sane.

Why do you hate and wish to control women, Prude Kramer? 

[Ebowed]

Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose.

You mean you don't support legalization or you don't 'support' in the sense of patronizing them? 

If you're against legalization, how does that fit into your generally libertarian ideology?

I suppose I strongly oppose patronizing them in a moral sense, and in a political sense, I merely oppose the legalization (but not "strongly," as I do not feel strongly about the issue).  Although I do oppose it for moral reasons, there are a lot of health risks involved in the legalization; if the government were to regulate it in order to alleviate these risks, the regulation would cancel out the legalization and it would be just another beaurocratic waste of time.

[opebo]

Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose.

You mean you don't support legalization or you don't 'support' in the sense of patronizing them? 

If you're against legalization, how does that fit into your generally libertarian ideology?

I suppose I strongly oppose patronizing them in a moral sense, and in a political sense, I merely oppose the legalization (but not "strongly," as I do not feel strongly about the issue).  Although I do oppose it for moral reasons, there are a lot of health risks involved in the legalization; if the government were to regulate it in order to alleviate these risks, the regulation would cancel out the legalization and it would be just another beaurocratic waste of time.

Guns are infinitely more dangerous than this std bogeyman.

[Ebowed]

I disagree.  Guns serve a purpose (the right to self-defense).

[opebo]

I disagree.  Guns serve a purpose (the right to self-defense).

You don't find sex a valid purpose?  It is right up there with eating, sleeping, and defecating as natural parts of one's physical existence.

[DanielX]

Gay marriage:  Support.
Abortion:  Strongly Oppose.
Legalized gambling:  Support.
Prostitution:  Support
Prayer in school:  Strongly Oppose if it's organized; Support if it's individual and voluntary.
School uniforms:  Oppose for public schools.
Drug legalization: Support.
Gun control:  Strongly Oppose.
Affirmative action:  Strongly Oppose, in all forms.
Speed limits:  Neutral.
Death penalty:  Support in extreme cases (1st-degree murder, multiple counts of child molestation, genocide, terrorism)
Mandatory minimum sentencing:  Neutral.

[Cubby]

Gay Marriage: Strongly Support (but wish Scalia had never brought it up)
Abortion: Strongly support for first 4 months, after that opposed unless health of mother is affected
Legalized Gambling: Oppose
Prostitution: Kind of broad, I guess I support
Prayer in School: Extremely opposed
School Uniforms: Strongly opposed, its so fascist and forces outdated gender roles on impressionable kids. I HATE uniforms.
Drugs Legalized: Oppose for all drugs but do support Death with Dignity
Gun Control: Strongly Support, I'm so sick of USA's obsession with these stupid things
Affirmative Action: Strongly oppose
Speed Limits: Support since I'm a slow driver, I always get tailgated except on the interstate
Death Penalty: Oppose except for terrorism and hate crimes (oh yeah I did say that)
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Oppose, we shouldn't curtail judges power, they know what they're doing and every case is different

[Flying Dog]

gay marriage? Strongly Support

abortion?  Oppose (except when It is rape, or threatens the mothers life)l

legalized gambling? Support

prostitution?  Turn a blind eye to.


prayer in school?  Support

school uniforms? Oppose

drug legalization? Oppose

gun control? Oppose

affirmative action? Oppose

speed limits? Support

death penalty? Oppose

mandatory minimum sentencing? Oppose

[jokerman]

gay marriage? oppose
abortion? oppose it in the second and third trimester except for life of mother or in case of rape in the second.
legalized gambling? support
prostitution? oppose
prayer in school? support
school uniforms? oppose
drug legalization? oppose
gun control? strongly oppose at the federal or state level
affirmative action? strongly oppose
speed limits? support
death penalty? generally support
mandatory minimum sentencing? neutral

[CheeseWhiz]

Gay marriage? Strongly Support.
Abortion? Support.
Legalized gambling? Support.
Prostitution? Oppose.
Prayer in school? Oppose, if organized by the teacher; people should be allowed to pray if they want to.
School uniforms? Ugh.
Drug legalization? Strongly Support.
Gun control? Strongly oppose.
Affirmative action? Strongly Oppose.
Speed limits? Strongly Support.
Death penalty? Strongly Oppose.
Mandatory minimum sentencing? Strongly Oppose.

[MasterJedi]

gay marriage? oppose
abortion?  oppose (except for rape, incest or if life is in danger)
legalized gambling? support
prostitution? somewhat support in the right areas
prayer in school?  support (but not forcing people to pray)
school uniforms? don't care
drug legalization? oppose
gun control? oppose (only support triggor locks)
affirmative action? oppose
speed limits? support
death penalty? support
mandatory minimum sentencing? support (and no porole during this time)

[afleitch]

Gay marriage? Strongly Support.
Abortion? Support the right.
Legalized gambling? Support.
Prostitution? Support it's legalisation and taxation.
Prayer in school? Oppose
School uniforms? Strongly Support
Drug legalization? Strongly Oppose
Gun control? Support
Affirmative action? Strongly Oppose.
Speed limits? Support
Death penalty? Strongly Oppose.
Mandatory minimum sentencing? Weakly support

[© tweed]

gay marriage? support
abortion?  legal in 1st trimesterl
legalized gambling? support
prostitution? maybe, but heavily regulated
prayer in school?  oppose
school uniforms? oppose
drug legalization? soft drugs yes, hard drugs no
gun control? support
affirmative action? oppose
speed limits? support
death penalty? support as an option for first-degree and mass murder
mandatory minimum sentencing? oppose

[Jake]

Gay marriage:  Against, but unions are fine (without adoption of course)
Abortion:  Strongly Oppose
Legalized gambling:  Support
Prostitution:  Strongly Oppose
Prayer in school:  Support in any form. Strongly support teacher led prayer and/or moments of silence
School uniforms:  Strongly Support
Drug legalization:  Strongly Oppose
Gun control:  Strongly Oppose
Affirmative action:  Strongly Oppose race based, Neutral on income based
Speed limits:  Strongly Support
Death penalty:  Oppose unless the prisoner being alive is a risk. Replace with torture
Mandatory minimum sentencing:  Strongly Support

[dazzleman]

gay marriage? oppose; support limited civil unions
abortion?  oppose generally; would leave issue up to states
legalized gambling? oppose
prostitution?  oppose
prayer in school?  support voluntary prayer, moments of silence
school uniforms? support if local district supports
drug legalization? oppose
gun control? support limited gun control measures
affirmative action? generally oppose; could support in certain limited circumstances
speed limits? support speed limits but favor raising them in many cases
death penalty? support in extreme cases
mandatory minimum sentencing? support

[Rin-chan]

Gay marriage? Oppose.
Abortion? Strongly oppose in all cases but life and death situations for the mother, then it's her choice.
Legalized gambling? Support.
Prostitution? Oppose.
Prayer in school? Oppose.
School uniforms? Support.
Drug legalization? Oppose.
Gun control? Strongly oppose.
Affirmative action? Strongly Oppose.
Seed limits? Support.
Death penalty? Support.
Mandatory minimum sentencing? Support.

Yeah... that.

Rin-chan

[The Constitarian]

gay marriage? support
abortion?  support keeping it legal
legalized gambling? support
prostitution?  should be legal
prayer in school?  not in class, but I have seen kids punished for talking about religion in between classes which is also wrong.
school uniforms? oppose
drug legalization? support
gun control? oppose
affirmative action? oppose
speed limits? support but higher
death penalty? support
mandatory minimum sentencing? oppose

[Tender Branson]

gay marriage  - strongly support, we don´t have it here in Austria but what´s the problem with it ? What is the opponents fear ?

abortion - personally oppose it, but respect individual choice

legalized gambling - support

prostitution - support - why not ? should be a normal job with paying taxes incl.

prayer in school - oppose - we did it in elementary school, but what if there are Muslim, Bhuddist, Hindu or atheist students in the class ? no way of supporting it

school uniforms - oppose - personal choice is more important to me

drug legalization - oppose - legal drinking and smoking age 18

gun control - strongly support - no weapons should be able to be sold under 18, obligatory psychological and handling test for the customer, obligatory safety measures at home for the storage of the purchased weapons and control of the police 1 time a year.

affirmative action - what is that ?

speed limits - support - 60 on normal roads and 80 mph on highways as we have it here in Austria

death penalty - strongly oppose - a medieval appendix in my opinion, revenge doesn´t solve problems.

mandatory minimum sentencing - oppose