Rand Paul

Libertarians On Paul's Civil Rights Stance: 'Very Reasonable'

Zachary Roth | May 20, 2010, 5:42PM

KY Sen. candidate Rand Paul (R)

Rand Paul's apparent opposition to a key provision of the Civil Rights Act places him well within the mainstream of libertarian thought, according to several leading libertarians.

The GOP Senate candidate told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow last night that he would have tried to "modify" the law's ban on racial discrimination by private businesses. That was an expansion of comments he made last month to a Louisville newspaper, in which he said that opposing the ban was "the hard part about believing in freedom."

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