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Well, on a local level, I can't have a bloody mary with my brunch on Sunday at the Dew Drop Inn.
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Where do you live? My bet is that the blue laws there are a function of historical precedents rather than anything else. In CA, you can't get served after 2:00 a.m. Seems to be that these are all just degrees of limits that are not really caused by the social conservatives.
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I am kinda leery about using my Visa to pay for salacious books (Exit to Eden type stuff and Barbara Cartlandt romances, mostly) at the local bookstore. Thanks, USA PATRIOT Act!
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You should be, but not because of the Patriot Act. See BRC's post.
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The local police like to take pictures of people at environmental and labor rallies. The people at Young Americans for Freedom and Promise Keepers events? Not so much.
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How is this an infringement on your freedom?
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Our schools don't teach sex ed anymore.
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Nor should they. Parents should teach that. Or the internet, depending on your preference. But I would not want some hack teacher teaching my kids anything about sex. They have enough trouble teaching real subjects.
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A county commissioner likes to have his church group demonstrate outside the Blockbuster when a movie with nekked women in it is released in VHS/DVD.
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Are you serious? Do you realize what you are saying here? You would curtail their rights to free speech in favor of your rights of what, convenience?
