Many political views were vocalized at Terence Jeffrey's speech Abolishing Liberalism last night.
Jeffrey, editor of Human Events, a national, weekly conservative magazine, was the Conservative Week keynote speaker and was sponsored by the Ohio University's College Republicans and the Young America's Foundation.
At the root of every controversial question in American politics there is a moral question
and ultimately you have to make a moral call said Jeffrey to a packed room in Bentley Hall.
Liberals do not understand objective truth, he said.
Emphasizing the controversy about abortion and same-sex marriage, Jeffrey said liberalism destroys the social model that has been set throughout history.
Liberals are abolishing God because God gets in their way of what American society should be he said.
Jeffrey later hypothetically asked, where rights come from if not from God.
After almost 40 minutes of speaking, the audience grilled Jeffrey with questions about how he could justify segregation because of sexual orientation but not race.
Whether someone is a homosexual or not
they have the same rights
every person has the same rights
he said. So the question is whether there is an institution
that is gay marriage
whether that is a real thing or not a real thing. But I do think homosexual behavior is morally wrong.
The audience also asked questions about the judicial system and the Iraq war.
This guy is pretty radical
OU freshman Ryan Dyson said. He's talking about objective truth
but his whole argument is based on ethical questions.
College Republicans treasurer Jordan Carr said he thought the dialogue was good, and the goals of the organization were exposed through the different ideas expressed.
Though he received many rounds of applause, OU senior Erick Odom said Jeffrey had a lot to learn, and his speech was the typical conservative script.
Conservative week continues with the showing of Confronting Iraq tomorrow and The Great U.N. Gun Debate Thursday. Both will be shown at 8 p.m. in Bentley 233. Friday is coming out conservative day.
