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Democracy is easy to take for granted because we have always had it. But democracy in Iowa is weak and our freedoms are being chipped away by a very partisan government in Des Moines.

If democracy were strong, we would not pass:

A law to ban books, reminiscent of Hitlers Germany.

A law to limit teachers free speech when students confide in them.

A law to attack minorities instead of teaching a little humanity.

A child labor law allowing children to be more easily abused.

A bill to restrict a womans reproductive freedom and freedom for a doctor to practice, leaving everyone to equate pregnancy with death.

Freedom of religion took a hit when the state legislature in Des Moines broke the unwritten law of separation of church and state by passing a law giving government the power to take tax dollars levied for public schools and redirecting those dollars to church schools. Freedom of religion means no government intervention, and preventing that intervention is why tax exemption for church property has existed for nearly 200 years.

Poor laws like the above should not stand, especially in Iowa that was long known for common sense.

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Letter: Democracy is weak in Iowa due to partisan state politics - The Dispatch Argus

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