I believe in freedom of religion but...
I believe in due process but...
I believe in freedom of speech but...
I believe in loving my enemies but...
I am opposed to torture but...
If we qualify our beliefs with "buts", do we really believe them? If we claim to have firm beliefs but only practice them when it's easy or convenient, then what do we really believe? Conservatives often accuse us godless liberals of moral relativism and situation ethics, but the qualified beliefs noted above are just as readily expressed by those morally superior conservatives as by us lesser types.
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