I`ve been saying the government should get out of the marriage business. Unfortunately, `government` applies to 50 separate states, and invalidating 50 separate marriage laws is a tall order. I believe people should be free to `marry` inanimate objects, goats, or their dad`s sister`s niece or nephew. I`ve advocated domestic or household incorporation for purposes of accomplishing the various financial, insurance and inheritance statuses currently earned by married people. These hypothetical domestic or household corporations would have nothing to to do with sexual relations or the absence thereof. They could be valid for a limited number of members, perhaps 10. They would cover biologically related people, polygamous marriages or just friends. These people wouldn`t be required to live with one another. Marriage is a historically religious arrangement. Get the government`s fingers out of it...... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

Liberals... that means LIBERTY. Freedom from government... not more government. If you want to marry a goat... do it!! Government isn`t involved.. just do it!!! Just don`t ask me to pay for it... that`s where government becomes involved again! I won`t help you unless you respect our Constitution and my freedom to live my life and raise my family without paying for your`s...... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

Yes, indeed we were warned about political parties by our Founding Fathers. They were wise men, who created and organized a new government to the best of their abilities and with the realities of their time; still, they looked into the future and were able to anticipate difficulties that could possibly arise. One of these was the rise of powerful political parties. James Madison- "A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction..... There is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party." John Adams- "There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble opinion, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution." Benjamin Franklin- "And of what kind are the men that will strive for this profitable preeminence, through all the bustle of cabal, the heat of content..... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

Do we need Political Parties? Would our country be better off if we had no political parties- just individuals running for public office against each other? Interesting idea-however-it can spell the end of any kind of democracy. When military dictators come to power, such as the late President Zia ul Haq of Pakistan, they abolish political parties. In fact, a one party state such as Nazi Germany or the USSR is a no-party state. Gore Vidal famously said that the United States is a one party state with two right wings. I was quite shocked when I was a student when my American exchange professor said that he never voted in US elections as he felt he was endorsing a system which never gave him any real choices at all. More crucially, compared to foreign governments, the US one is-according to European political scientists- much weaker than, say, European ones when it comes to withstanding pressure from big business. American political theorist, Chalmers Johnson, in his book ..... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

The Nebraska Legislature is the supreme legislative body of the State of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County. Nebraska`s Legislature is unusual in that it is unicameral and nonpartisan. No other state in the U.S. has a single-chamber legislative body, although the legislatures of two U.S. territories the Virgin Islands and Guam are unicameral, as is the Council of the District of Columbia. At 49 members it is also the smallest state legislature (the next smallest is the 60-member bicameral Alaska Legislature). Legislature..... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

Were we not warned against political parties, by Thee founding father...... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic

In reading over the previous post, I am reminded of the words found within the Declaration of Independence, crafted by our Founding Fathers... " that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." Enough said...... Read More    or   Post Reply to Topic