User blog comment:Catfishperson/American Politics Polls./@comment-26298013-20160301211155

Wow....that discussion just got intense. Honestly, people have a lot of strong opinions on these things. Some of them should truly be no-brainers when you concern the government.

I have my own beliefs, but the government, which is Constitutionally separated from religion, cannot reasonably restrict homosexual marriage. Sorry to those of you who are offended, but we've already decided that people have a right to privacy.

Birth control is again a right to privacy thing, and just not other peoples' (And by extension, the government's) business. Let people make their own choices.

Gun control is necessary. There are three reasons to own a gun that I can see: Hunting, recreation, and self-defense. You will not need a fully automatic, rifle-caliber weapon to go hunting. Nor could you realistically use one to hunt. You cannot expect me to believe that you can hide a rifle under your jacket for concealed carry/personal protection. And for recreational use, you can use a bolt-action rifle to shoot targets/what-have-you. The only people who need fully automatic weapons are the military and police forces. Your average citizen does not need the capability to walk into a building and start gunning people down with an automatic weapon.

Immigration is always a debate-starter, but, really, those who are here illegally should be forced to go through the legal process. That said, the legal process could be widened so that there are fewer restrictions on the number of people who can immigrate in a given year, which would alleviate the burden of illegal immigrants, because there would be less of a wait to enter the US.