Ron Paul against Civil Rights Acts

[faethor]

What's there to say when the Republican argues it shouldn't be 'WE' in the US Consitution?
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[redrumloa]

What's there to say when the Republican argues it shouldn't be 'WE' in the US Consitution?
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Ron, like his son, said that his statement about the Civil Rights Act has nothing to do with the law's intentions -- i.e. ending institutionalized discrimination in a wide swath of American life, including in the public accommodations where African Americans were denied service at the height of the Jim Crow era. Paul said he would vote against the law because it imposed unfair rules on what private business owners can and can't do on their own property. Essentially, they should be free to discriminate if they wish, Paul says, however distasteful that may be.

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Besides, Paul says that the Jim Crow laws would have ended without the Civil Rights Act anyway, a view held by many libertarians who believe the free markets solve social problems.

I see where he is going with this, but I cannot agree. That said I really hate the blind double standard at play here. In South Florida we have some of the highest minority and homosexual populations in the country. No one blinks twice at "gay only" hotels or "African-American only" clubs, etc.

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[cecilia]

I saw Ron talk about this on TV. I see his point.