(10-27-2009 08:20 PM)GRPunk Wrote:  Impose his beliefs on others? Isn't that what we do when we vote?

Change pro/anti-gun to pro/anti-choice. Is it still imposing beliefs?

Sure. Abortion imposes someone's will on the baby. That's where most pro-life people object, and why the pro-abortion people have tried to rephrase the discussion as "choice." If it were really about choice, then why do most of those same people get upset about vouchers, charter schools or homeschooling?

But yes, we do impose beliefs on others when we vote. My philosophy says I must accept this to some degree by my choice to live in society. It's the give and take of the social contract.

However, the contract is void when people step over certain lines. The Bill of Rights provides some guidance as to those lines.