Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This is why your Constitution wants to protect minorities from the tyranny of majority rule by suggesting that certain rights are inalienable. Because every time you put questions to a vote where the majority is against a minority’s rights, the minority loses. Because …
Daily Archive: October 1, 2011
Oct 01 2011
Maddow on voting on minority rights
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Oct 01 2011
Hero worship
Yesterday was a very good day for hero worship in my corner of the world. First, Greta Christina sent me a package filled with delicious chocolate: Then my wife, my sister and I went to the James Randi talk in Halifax. We got this picture of Randi looking suitably impressed: Yup, it was a good …
Oct 01 2011
We’re building an army
You will be assimilated into Freethought Blogs. Resistance is futile. Dana of En Tequila Es Verdad is running a well-stocked bar. The inimitable Al Stefaneli of American Atheists supplies A Voice of Reason to our conversation. The entire Atheist Experience crew have hung up their coats and taken a seat. We’ve got a genuine first …
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