Affirmative action, stem cell votes: wins for limited government
One wonders how the Republican candidates would have fared if they had run (and voted) as conservatives or libertarians?
Michigan proposition two would ban affirmative action for public employment, education or contract work. This is a long-needed change. It is long past the time that we started treating people as equals. I expect liberals to subvert this law the way they have subverted right to work laws, though.
Missouri amendment two would not only allow for expanded stem cell research, it would place such funding in the state Constitution, making it beyond the reach of the state legislature. This was a horrible idea and it was correctly voted down. Funding issues should be decided by the legislature, and we should not demote research and science to a popularity contest.
Update: Late results (*cough*) on the Missouri issue have given the "yes" votes a slight lead of about 45,000 votes with 98% of the precincts reporting. The Michigan issue, with a 500,000 vote lead, appears safe from "late results".
Michigan proposition two would ban affirmative action for public employment, education or contract work. This is a long-needed change. It is long past the time that we started treating people as equals. I expect liberals to subvert this law the way they have subverted right to work laws, though.
Missouri amendment two would not only allow for expanded stem cell research, it would place such funding in the state Constitution, making it beyond the reach of the state legislature. This was a horrible idea and it was correctly voted down. Funding issues should be decided by the legislature, and we should not demote research and science to a popularity contest.
Update: Late results (*cough*) on the Missouri issue have given the "yes" votes a slight lead of about 45,000 votes with 98% of the precincts reporting. The Michigan issue, with a 500,000 vote lead, appears safe from "late results".