Reply #62: If it isn't a right and it's in the state's best interest

[gollygee]

Our government is here in part to protect the state so if it's in the state's best interest then yes they can make something illegal, so long as people's rights are maintained. But then you have to decide issue by issue if the government SHOULD make something illegal, which involves having the right people in power (representative government) and voting on issues. But some issues - those that involve human rights - should not be up to vote. Like even if the government thought it was in the state's best interest to make slavery legal, and even if people wanted to vote to make slavery legal, that would violate people's human rights.

It's something that has to be looked as issue by issue. I know you don't like that but that's really how I see it and how it's worked in our government so far.