Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution

Mostly, I agree with him.
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(Kelly West/AP)
Rick Perry has many ideas about how to change the American government's founding document. From ending lifetime tenure for federal judges to completely scrapping two whole amendments, the Constitution would see a major overhaul if the Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate had his druthers. Perry laid out these proposed innovations to the founding document in his book, Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington. He has occasionally mentioned them on the campaign trail. Several of his ideas fall within the realm of mainstream conservative thinking today, but, as you will see, there are also a few surprises.
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I agree with all of his ideas here, except the last two.

Like it or not, America was founded to preserve individual freedom, and there is no justification for the federal government defining marriage or interfering with reproduction.

I have never understood how the feds managed to force the Mormons to abandon polygamy, with the First Amendment in place - but if that was acceptable, why can't we outlaw radical Islam and "churches" like Osama attended for so many years?

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