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“Stop creating designated months for the history of specific demographics. It's pointless, and it further perpetuates the problems of prejudice and segregation.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Does National Women’s History Month Need Official Congressional Support?

“The threat of terrorism is consistently overblown. Let state and local officials focus on their actual jobs and let's save the time and money spent on this bill.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should Homeland Security Train Local Partners to Identify and Counter Violent Extremism?

“Guantanamo violates the Constitution on several fronts. War criminals or domestic criminals, it doesn't matter. We cannot detain people indefinitely and without trial. This facility and the practices it represents are an embarassment to the character of the U.S.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should There be Restrictions on the Release or Transfer of Guantanamo Bay Prisoners?

“Anybody who values equality should be in support of this. Equality is not limited in scope, and if men must register for the draft then women should too. There's really nothing to debate. Draft for all or draft for none.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Requiring Women to Register for the Draft

“There is absolutely zero legal precedent to back up this Republican nonsense. They attempt to deny Obama's constitutional duty merely because they don't want a left leaving justice appointed. This is American politics at its worst.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should the Senate Reject President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominations?

“This is unnecessary legislation which is taking focus away from more vital issues.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Requiring People to Certify and Prove Their Eligibility When Registering to Vote

“Reacting fearfully to tragic events often leads to negative results that we regret once the short-term fear has passed. We must take the long view, and avoid restricting safety measures.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Keeping ISIS Out: Should the U.S. Tighten up the Visa Waiver Program?

“If no government has the right to impose rules on who should marry whom then that applies equally to state government and federal government. However, as long as marriage remains a contract with legal and economic privileges states cannot, morally or legally, bar certain citizens from those benefits…”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should States Have The Right To Ignore Federal Law When Defining Marriages?

“Education and the arts are two of our most worthwhile investments. Also, they make up such a small fraction of our budget that they cannot be considered wastful by comparison to other spending areas.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Re-Funding the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts With $190 Million

“This is an extraneous regulation that would be easily made obsolete by painting a real gun bright colors.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should All Imitation Firearms Have To Be Brightly Colored?

“As much as it would be great for everyone to make a living wage, that's not how reality and the economy works. Legislating higher wages won't change that. Market demand and supply dictates how much your job is worth. Just because you have a job doesn't mean you deserve to be paid enough to make ends…”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Raise the Minimum Wage to $13 an hour?

“Until an alternative is ready and shown to be superior why should we repeal the current system. There are pros and cons of the ACA, but there were pros and cons of the old system too. Vitriolic rhetoric from republicans does nothing to help America.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should Congress Repeal The Affordable Care Act And Start Working On A Replacement?

“A clear and fundamental violation of privacy can occur unless citizens are given more protections for their electronic communications. Which in this day and age comprises a large proportion of a person's interactions.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Before Searching Your Email, Should Law Enforcement Officials Have To Get A Warrant?

“There is a large difference between supporting late-term abortions and deciding not to outlaw then. It is a tragic thing when this happen, but there are many reasons why a woman would decide to get a legitimate abortion post 20 weeks that is not covered by this law's exemptions.”

- BRETT B

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In Response to: Should The U.S. Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy?