Talk:Rand Paul

Religion

"Paul was baptized in the Episcopal Church and became a Christian as a teenager." While the Episcopal Church is considered by many to be somewhat "liberal", I think it is somewhat "POV" to imply that they are not Christian.50.37.107.112 (talk) 05:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)JMc

The article I used to cite that states precisely that. Maybe, he was not religious until he enter his teenage years. Truthsort (talk) 19:05, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

What the article you used stated is beside the point. Linked articles are not bound by NPOV, WP articles are. And this is a glaring violation of it, suggesting matter-of-factly that someone baptised in a Christian denomination is not a Christian. Deposuit (talk) 14:01, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Citation 1 does not mention Paul's religion at all. Nothing about being Presbyterian. 66.87.68.111 (talk) 17:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Aqua Buddha

I take it that mention of Aqua Buddha is verbotten? I must admit I can't be bothered trawling through the history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.171.109.189 (talk) 01:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Same-sex Marriage

He doesn't think it should be left to the states, he thinks government shouldn't be involved in marriage. Here is an interview where he says this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbBoY6vFJM — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankleedg (talk • contribs) 03:30, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

There are several issues with this; see WP:CITEVIDEO and WP:YOUTUBE. It's user-uploaded, but there's no information about the original interview source (which is assumed to be copyrighted), and note that he hedges with "not necessary" and "probably". If the original interview source can be identified, it could be a candidate for an addition to the article; see WP:Conflicting sources. AV3000 (talk) 18:37, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Libertarian?

Rand Paul isn't a libertarian, he said that two years ago in an interview : http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1972721,00.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.84.158.240 (talk) 21:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The article has an existing citation dated May 4th, 2009, where he says '"Libertarian would be a good description," Rand Paul told CNN, "because libertarians believe in freedom in all aspects of your life – your economic life as well as your social life as well as your personal life."' And here's a source less than a year later where he says '"They thought all along that they could call me a libertarian and hang that label around my neck like an albatross, but I'm not a libertarian". So, once again, see WP:Conflicting sources. AV3000 (talk) 00:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

It is not fair to characterize Rand Paul as a libertarian. He has stated that himself. His position on range of issues such as abortion, immigration, same sex marriage, marijuana, belief in Church role government etc clearly indicates that he is not a libertarian in the basic sense of the word. He is better characterized as a small government Tea party conservative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.100.65.71 (talk) 07:36, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Democracy?

Despite a nominal stance in favor of small government and local control, rather than control in Washington, Paul refused to allow DC to set its own budget without congressional approval. To that end, he scuttled a bill that would have granted autonomy by trying to require certain laws be passed in DC without allowing residents a voice in their own governance. I think this hyprocritical stance on democracy, that he refuses to support the right of those he disagrees with to governm themsevles, should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.33.13.109 (talk) 17:39, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

If there are reliable independent sources to support these assertions and it can written in way adherent to WP:NPOV, then it can included. Otherwise, it would be in violation of WP:NOR & WP:SOAPBOX.--JayJasper (talk) 17:08, 2 July 2012 (UTC)