Tag: Constitution
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Disability Slurs
Stephanie and I have been arguing with a friend about the word retard. As someone who doesn’t believe in bad words just bad uses of all available words I find myself in a tough spot. I am convinced that the R word is almost universally a disability slur. Unless it’s being used in a musical…
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I Swore An Oath
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? When I was about to graduate high school I went to a Military Inprocessing Center (MEPS). Before I left my father absolutely forbade me to sign anything there. But I was 18 and if I wanted to join the Army I was going to join…
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Defending the Constitution
Today I am thinking of the oath I took when I joined the Army. I vowed to defend the Constitution of the United States against its enemies both foreign and domestic. I specifically consented to the power of the Congress to raise and support armies. I was trained to kill in that cause. I am…
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Still Prolife?
I consider myself prolife. The United States has laws against mutilation and murder. I believe that those laws should apply to the unborn. However I cannot in good conscience call terminating a one week old baby murder. I don’t think that the value of that child has risen to the level where an abortion provider…