Are you part of the 'in' crowd?

Are you up on current events? Do you read the newspaper or watch television news every day? Do your views mirror what the "in" crowd is thinking? Take this little true-false quiz and find out.

1. Fundamentalist Christianity and fundamentalist Islam are both equally dangerous. In fact, moderation is the key. Anyone who holds a fundamentalist view of the world is dangerous. T/F

2. Abortion is an entirely private matter. The nation's birthrate is not a legitimate public-policy concern. Abortion and immigration have nothing to do with one another. T/F

3. High gasoline prices are the result of oil companies gouging consumers and making windfall profits. A free market that uses prices to regulate demand is immoral, because the burden falls disproportionately on the poor. T/F

4. Global warming is entirely man-made. The earth evolved to its present state, but it is now our responsibility to see that it does not change any further. T/F

5. People are going to do [fill in the blank with your favorite perversion] anyway. The law has no business regulating morality. T/F

6. Immigrants are immigrants. How they arrived here is irrelevant. T/F

7. States have a responsibility to protect their citizens from hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters. When your property is destroyed by a natural disaster, it is the state's responsibility to repair or replace it, and to take care of you during the interim. T/F

8. Minority cultures are all good, and must be preserved and protected. It is the responsibility of the majority to adjust to different languages and ways of doing things, such as hiring bilingual teachers and providing interpreters for drivers licensing tests. T/F

9. Terrorism is a law-enforcement problem that is properly handled by police and the courts. T/F

10. Although "The Da Vinci Code" is fiction, it is based on a true story that has been covered up by the Catholic church. T/F

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Bonus question: The Constitution is a "living document" that is best interpreted by open-minded judges in light of the needs of today's complex society. T/F

If you answered "true" to the majority of these questions, you would be at home in the United States Senate and most major newsrooms in America. If you responded "false," you'd be labeled a bigot and quickly shown the door.

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