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How do we overcome the divide?
well for starters you have to enunciate what you believe the divide is i.e. define it. I suspect what you really object to is fictitious but is typed in your last sentence thus,

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How do we secure freedom and liberties in times when a lot of people ask for legislation against anything they don't like, even if it ought to be none of their business?
I have no idea what you are typing about. What people are asking for legislation they don't like? What is the legislation they don't like?

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Where do we draw the line between matters allowed to be settled by majority vote and matters that must be reserved for the individuals to decide themselves?
The answer is the Constitution, But as you asked, I suspect it implies you reject it and therein lies the problem.



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