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"In response to mj:
Part of the problem with a "organizing" a group of freedom-lovers is that we all have our own agendas. That's one reason we never seem to be able to compete with the big police state parties who are willing to sacrifice principles for expediency.
I agree with some of your "-non negtioible [sic] principles" and disagree with others. I think the idea of "Illegal Aliens" is ridiculous...unless you're 100% pure-blood Native American, you're an illegal alien. But the federal government's only responsibility/authority is protecting our borders. Once they're inside the country, it should be up to the individual states to decide how to handle them.
I can see English-only requirements in, say, government and public schools (then again, I had a couple of years of French in high school...should we get rid of foreign language programs completely? Where do you draw the line? These sorts of subtle details are the reason our legal system is such a complicated mess...ham-handed Congressmen wrote ill-conceived "feel-good" laws, then had to amend them over and over as exceptions and details floated to the surface). But I really don't think that's something the federal government should worry about. That's exactly the kind of intrusive interference in our day-to-day lives that I'm trying to end.
You feel free to encourage "Traditional Family Values" (whatever you think they are). Just don't try to force them on me (or anyone else). Government (at any level, much less Federal) has absolutely no business interfering in marriage...which is a strictly religious matter protected by the First Amendment.
Maybe we are a Christian Nation, but we have plenty of non-Christians who couldn't care less about your (or my) beliefs. Yet again: the First Amendment should protect the minorities from the majorities who want to code their religious beliefs into law and force them on everyone else. Instead, do that on your own time, by convincing them that your belief system's better than theirs."
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