Gay Marriage

[kandrathe]

Most drugs are legal, as long as you get them from Pfizer, or Merck, etc. and you pay a doctor to give you a prescription. Should the government try to stop people from damaging themselves by using drugs? We certainly don't need millions of brain dead strung out zombies, but is it the governments place to control what a person imbibes?

Using ones interpretation of a book to impose ones beliefs on others  .

Heh. No, there are two kinds of people in this world; those that accept people as they are without judging them, and the other kind. :) I kind of view it as the "I will lead you", versus the "I will control you" types of persons. Now that I'm a parent, what I see is the link between paternalism (or maternalism) in human behavior extended beyond ones own children. Most adults can look after themselves, thank you very much. I think we would do so much better as a society if we would focus on what we might do cooperatively, rather than wasting our time looking down our noses at what others might be up to.