But the reason ‘should’ and ‘should not’ discussions are important relies on the principles we are willing to abide by and those we are not willing to abide by.
Who is "we" and how do "we" decide? My principles are probably different from yours. How is that going to be settled? Isn't this exactly what I'm saying - there are no absolute meaning to anything, the only question is who decides.
I don’t particularly care for libertarianism because I don’t think it’s practical even if I may agree principally with most libertarian ideas.
With you there.
Regardless there are certain things we as a society should agree should not be touched by the state.
Again, who is "we" and how do "we" decide?
And if the voting rights of the citizens are restricted to protect those rights so be it.
Whose voting rights will be restricted? When I listen to conservatives, it's clear they plan to have free speech for themselves but are happy to clamp down on me.
I don’t think it’s a contradiction to have freedom of religion but have some precedent for one religion over others.
Except.that.it.negates.freedom.of.religion.for.everyone.else
I'm not a Christian, but my life consists of being pushed around by Christians. They decided what I can read, what music I can listen to, and every other aspect of my life. In other words I don't have freedom of religion. Since we aren't going to have it, then honesty demands we remove that from the Constitution. All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others...
In fact I think it’s impossible to not be governed by religious thought.
Bull. The more religious a society, the more dysfunctional. Any counterexamples?
Even secularism often operates like a religion.
Religious people like to say that. It's an excuse for dismissing the concerns of the secular.
Part of living in a functioning society is shared values.
Whose? Clearly I don't get to decide, or apparently even get a voice. Do I have to leave? Or live in a society built on other people's values?
We don’t have shared values anymore, they’ve been eroded by our establishment embracing an open society for their own political and financial purpose.
Our shared values have eroded because a lot of different people live here. "Political and financial purposes" may play a role, but either way shared vales change as demographics change. It sounds like you want to go back to some previous set of them?
One question, though - there are a lot of Americans who like the current country better. People of color, LGBTQ, non-Christians and other minorities feel more at home now, like things are just starting to get better. Traditional shared values are that we are inferior.
In the name of "shared values" (actually your values), are you going to take all the gains away from formerly second-class citizens?
