Letters: Is it unreasonable to want the Constitution protected?

Published: Thursday, Jan. 17 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

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I am deeply concerned with the perpetrated perceptions that conservatives are far-right extremists.

Conservatives view the Constitution as a divinely inspired document — the principles of which have made this country the envy of the rest of the world. Liberals view this same document as outdated and as an obstruction to their more enlightened and progressive agenda.

Is it extreme to demand that the federal government put its financial house in order?

Is it extreme to require that our elected officials take seriously their oaths to uphold, and to preserve and to defend and to protect this same Constitution?

Ben Booth

West Bountiful

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JoeBlow

Far East USA, SC

"Conservatives view the Constitution as a divinely inspired document"

Maybe those in Utah. Mostly it is the LDS belief, both conservative and liberal.
The rest of us just believe it is a great document that has stood the test More..

5:01 a.m. Jan. 17, 2013
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Darrel

Eagle Mountain, UT

"Conservatives view the Constitution as a divinely inspired document — the principles of which have made this country the envy of the rest of the world. Liberals view this same document as outdated..."

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6:31 a.m. Jan. 17, 2013
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ECR

Burke, VA

This letter is just another of the standard postings claiming conservatives are the guardians of our rights protected by the Constitution. That narrow view of the world is what has caused most of the division we experience in the country today. More..

6:43 a.m. Jan. 17, 2013
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