Pubdate: Thu, 09 Feb 2012
Source: Verde Independent (AZ)
Copyright: 2012 Western News & Info, Inc
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Author: Lee Cali

GOP PRIORITIES BASED ON VIEW OF MORALITY

Editor:

Reading about the most recent bills before our state legislature 
makes me wonder what is it about morality that makes the Republicans 
think they can impose theirs on everyone else? I'm thinking in 
particular about putting Bible studies in the middle and high school 
curriculum, telling women what they can and cannot do with their 
bodies, and putting everything in the way of pain ridden Arizonans 
getting their medical marijuana.

How is it that it's the Republicans who put forth these bills, and 
the Democrats that are rejecting them? Are we to assume the 
Republicans are more moral than the Democrats? Isn't that an 
over-the-top, superiority complex? And what about Republicans always 
talking about wanting less government.

Shouldn't less government mean not interfering with people's personal 
and life decisions? Shouldn't the Bible be taught at home and in the 
churches? Shouldn't a woman decide when and whether she should have a 
baby? And now that the voters expressed their wish to legalize 
marijuana for medical purposes, shouldn't college students be allowed 
to carry their pain killer on campus?

Tell me, doesn't it seem like the Democrats are for individual 
freedom and the Republicans are for restricting it?

Lee Cali

Cottonwood
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