Social Theory and Practice, July 1st, 2005
1. The Value of Freedom
While campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, Senator John McCain was asked in a television interview to explain why he believed that Elian Gonzalez--a young Cuban boy whose mother had died while bringing him by boat to Florida--should remain in the United States. The interviewer wanted to know why a proponent of family values like McCain should be opposed to Elian's being sent back to live with his family in Cuba. McCain's response: "I believe that the most important family value is freedom."
When John McCain said that the most important fam...
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