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What do they mean by building a mosque in New York, and right down there at Ground Zero no less! Why we can’t have that! So what if we have the unalienable right to worship as we see fit, that don’t mean *they* can build a mosque right down there on Ground Zero. They are just spitting in our face by doing that. [/sarcasm]
This whole issue has been completely blown out of proportion by the news media and then, for some strange reason beyond my comprehension, the President made a statement about it on national TV so it has now become a political “hot potato”. Republicans are jumping all over it and Democrats are distancing themselves from it to the point that I saw a cartoon today showing a democrat getting money from an “Obama ATM” with a 10 foot pole.
From a political standpoint this is, at best, a local zoning issue. From a property rights standpoint the original owner has the right to transfer ownership to whomever he/she pleases and the new property owners have the right to use that property as they see fit. As “alleged” free men we have the unalienable right to worship, or not worship, how, when and where we wish. The Bill of Rights enshrined that right, it did not grant it but rather made clear that the government can’t (or at least shouldn’t be able to) do anything about it. Just like all the other rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights. One of the very things that this country was founded on was the fact that would be no state sponsored religion, or state sponsored censorship of religion. Yet we have “patriotic” Americans that want to do that very thing, use the State to censor what types of religion are acceptable in any given area. Now, having said that, I think the folks that are wanting open the mosque/community center where they are opening it probably should have put a little more thought into where it was located. Kind of like the old saying of “Just because you can say something, don’t mean you should say something”. The real hypocrisy in all this is there are strip clubs and “adult” shops closer to Ground Zero than the proposed mosque. For some reason they don’t have a problem with lap dances, but have a problem with folks that pray on a mat.
This article was originally published on The Statesman website at this link. It was written by the Texas LP Chairman, Pat Dixon.
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I remember when the Iraq war protests began. Protesters would march up Congress Avenue and surround the Capitol announcing their opposition to this war.
As time went on, I noticed how the protests evolved. I would start to see people joining these protests carrying signs opposing capitalism, environmental policy, global trade and all manner of policies that had little to do with the war. I also noticed how angry these people were, and the display of signs that showed President George Continue reading Pat Dixon (LP Texas Chair): Libertarian take on the tea party movement
Rodger Paxton posted this in National LP on August 11th, 2010
This is a reprint from an article posted at Gold America Group by AuGeo.
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What Your National Committee is Doing
by: AuGeo
Tue Aug 10, 2010 at 14:09:50 PM MDT
Forwarded from Liberty for America magazine Our many sources on the LNC send us various tidbits that we believe to be valid:So what did the LNC do last month? They met. There was a long discussion of Green Party vs LP, with no one Continue reading What Your National Committee is Doing
Rodger Paxton posted this in ARLP, Arkansas, National LP on August 10th, 2010
I don’t normally repost these, but since this one hits so close to home in Arkansas with it’s blue laws, I thought this was worth reprinting. – Rodger
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August 9, 2010
Dear Friend of Liberty,
It’s been just over a year since I moved to Washington, D.C. to work at the Libertarian Party Headquarters as Executive Director. What a change from Texas.
In addition to being much closer to the federal government and its constant flow Continue reading National LP Monday Message: Sunday Beer
Rodger Paxton posted this in ARLP, Arkansas on July 30th, 2010
Mount Nebo Family BBQ – Saturday, August 7, 2010 – 10am-3pm – Click Here to Register! Register BEFORE the event and save money! Cost “at the door” on the day of the event will be $10.00 per person!
Come join us for a family BBQ on Saturday, August 7th from 10am – 3pm at Mount Nebo State . . . → Read More: One week left to register for the LPAR Family BBQ Social Event 2010!
Michael Pakko has agreed to take over the Second District Representative position that was left open due to the resignation for personal reasons by Kenneth Davis. We thank Kenneth for his work and support in this area.
Michael is the Chief Economist and State Economic Forecaster at the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of . . . → Read More: New Second District Representative
Rodger Paxton posted this in ARLP, Arkansas, Drug War, Liberty on July 27th, 2010
A new Rasmussen Reports nationwide telephone survey of adults shows an interesting result. The survey of 1000 adults shows that more adult Americans support legalization of marijuana than oppose legalization by a 43% to 42% margin (+/- 3% sampling error). Granted, the difference between the groups are within the sampling error, but this is still a . . . → Read More: Is Marijuana Becoming Mainstream?
Mount Nebo Family BBQ – Saturday, August 7, 2010 – 10am-3pm – Click Here to Register!
Come join us for a family BBQ on Saturday, August 7th from 10am – 3pm at Mount Nebo State Park. We all need some time off from business meetings, fund raising, conventions and such, so come out and spend your Saturday . . . → Read More: Family BBQ Social Event 2010!
The First District of the Arkansas Libertarian Party elected a new representative yesterday in Jonesboro. Mark Young of Wynne was elected unanimously, and will be replacing the interim representative Jessica Paxton. Congratulations, Mark!
Also, Eileen Walton of Jonesboro was named the Craighead County Coordinator! She will help the ARLP in its efforts to grow from the ground . . . → Read More: New First District Representative
Rodger Paxton posted this in ARLP on July 1st, 2010
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The Arkansas Libertarian Party gets a commission on every item . . . → Read More: Arkansas LP Logo Products at LPSTUFF.COM!
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