Rights-Based Arguments
It's always easy to argue the way you think things should be based on your personal convictions, but that gets dangerous if you're arguing politics. To try to suggest that your morality is the correct way to go about politics is wrong because everybody has a different view. Instead, I try to keep my morals to myself when I am debating topics like gay marriage, abortion, and welfare.
A 'Living' Constitution is a Dead Constitution
Ron Paul was right when he said this in his new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto. Every time we decide that something in the Constitution is no longer relevant to the times, the Constitution becomes a document that gives no more direction than a piece of blank paper. How can we uphold liberty when we continually spit in the face of the document that shows us the way?