The Declaration of Independence guaranteed our rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, otherwise known as unalienable rights or sovereign rights of man. If elected I will vigorously defend our individual rights against federal, state, county, and city governmental attempts to trample our individual rights.
- The Declaration of Independence guaranteed our rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, otherwise known as unalienable rights or sovereign rights of man. Our constitutional right to individual freedom is one of the main things that defines our country, attracts visitors and immigrants, and sets us apart from less free countries. The Libertarian party members' oath to protect individual rights is one of the things that attracted me to the party more than 30 years ago. Unlike most legislators, I do not believe that I am more qualified to run other adults' lives than they, therefore I am Libertarian, and if elected I will protect Californians' individual rights to govern their own lives.
- Prohibition against legal recognition of committed adult gay and lesbian couples' status is unconstitutional. California lead the country in overturning prohibitions against interracial marriage, yet with passage of Prop 8, California now lags behind Iowa in legal recognition of gay and lesbian adults' unalienable right to equality in "the pursuit of happiness". If elected State Senator I will challenge the state's right to issue marriage licenses, and instead will champion all adult couples' right to create individualized legal contracts to suit their needs. No couple, heterosexual nor homosexual, should be forced to conform to the state's one-size-fits-all definition of the legal contract that accompanies unions known as domestic partnerships and marriage.
- Most post 9-11 legislation has overstepped legal boundaries and tramples individual rights. For example, The Patriot Act's expansion of law enforcement's powers is such an invasion of rights even the American Library Association's website publicly states they considered it a danger to constitutional and privacy rights. Therefore I will work to repeal acts that don't respect our rights.
A vote for Lisa Ringer as State Senator is a vote for smaller, fiscally responsible government limited to protecting (rather than trampling) state and individual rights. Because when you decrease government, you increase liberty. Vote Lisa Ringer for State Senate District 9!
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