My Political Views
I am a left social moderate
Left: 3.19, Libertarian: 0.96
Political Spectrum Quiz
My test results mean I lean towards freedom, and more democratic than republicans.
Gay marriage is a really big debate right now. I don't think there should be any debates about it because it's the choice of the two people getting married, and our government should not get to control peoples' lives. I think it should be allowed, and I think it is moving towards being legal in every state because more states are legalizing it every year. I also think the gay couples should receive insurance benefits including the life insurance policy of their partner.
Another issue that is a big debate in government right now is gun control. I don't think parts of the government should take and restrict certain guns and parts of gun from people just because their are a few psycho people in the world. The size of the magazine shouldn't matter either, because if there were to be a school shooting the shooters usually bring extra clips with them, and can swap clips fairly fast. I don't, however, think that machine guns should be legalized in Missouri. I'm fine with assault rifles because our police have them too, but the police would get out gunned by people with machine guns and more people would die. And the ban on assault weapons has been tried before from 1996-2004, but didn't work very well. They also tried to ban alcohol in the 90's but that also failed. Even if they did ban assault weapons and extended magazines, people would still get a hold of guns.
One more issue is abortion. I don't think the government should be able to control peoples moral decisions and make abortion illegal. Some people that need abortions aren't ready for children yet including teenagers. Some people also have gotten raped or were a victim of incest and would go through extreme emotional stress if they knew the baby was their family member/someone they didn't know. I also think that the person with the baby also has the choice of putting their child up for adoption instead of getting rid of them completely. In final, I think they should leave the choice up to the carrier of the baby, but they must make the decision within the first trimester of pregnancy.
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