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To: Neocon who wrote (2614)	5/5/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (2) of 13056

OK. I believe that setting the gov't as arbiter of morality leads to a slippery slope. I do not believe that most moral folks are that way because of a law, and also don't believe that immoral folks will choose to be moral if the gov't codifies it. Regardless, " the need for an adequate regard for decency and civic virtue" and property rights are not mutually exclusive. Actually, I believe that a gov't that infringes on property rights is immoral. It's why the FF's put the takings clause in the Constitution. But today we have the EPA that has literally turned valuable land into worthless land because it has a mudhole, and is therefore 'wetlands'. Does the gov't pay the difference? Oh my, no. Heck, is that moral? Barb

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