Subject: Personal Views
Issue: General
Date: October 8, 2004
Author: Ken Larsen

I do not speak for the Personal Choice Party. Each candidate decides how to interpret the two-word party platform: "Personal Choice."

These are my personal views.

Article I, Section 27 or the Utah State Constitution says, "Frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security of individual rights and the perpetuity of free government."

I think the writers of the Utah Constitution were referring to the 5 fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence. I think they intended that I, as Governor, will weigh every issue by these principles:

1. We are all equal. We do not have slaves under our control, or masters who live at the expense of others.

2. We all have rights that must not be violated. Those rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The pursuit of happiness means that until you are causing harm or endangerment to others, your personal choices must be respected. Hence, the logo of the Personal Choice Party is the smiley face, your right to your own pursuit of your own happiness.

3. The only just purpose of government is to secure the individual rights of the people. It is not the job of government to tell you how to live or to take care of you. It is the job of government to get out of your way and keep the majority from making personal choices for you.

4. All the just power of government comes from the people. We are not one nation under God. We are one nation under the people. Then we, the people, are individually free to decide how, or if, we will relate to the supernatural. Instead of the people pledging allegiance to the government, the officers of the government should be pledging allegiance to the people and their Constitution.

5. When the government goes beyond this mandate, it is the right and the duty of the people to fix it, including abolishment and replacement, when necessary.

The purpose of the Personal Choice Party is to help the people peacefully take back their lives. I oppose government control of your life. I am against gun control, business control, education control, marriage control (No on 3), drug control, adult entertainment control, and any other attempt by the majority to violate the inalienable rights of the minority.

Ken Larsen, Candidate for Governor
Personal Choice Party