text: Kevin - While I appreciate your candor and commitment, I would suggest the following changes to your core values: equal rights for all, without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and political persuasion; access to quality education; quality medical care, including access to all aspects of reproductive health; protection of privacy and from unreasonable search and seizure; and environmental protection. These are "core values". They are different from community, state, and federal goals, such as economic growth (which includes job creation and worker protection), emergency preparedness, a strong national defense, and a national agenda that promotes our values and national standing in the global community. However, if we sacrifice our core values in the pursuit of those goals, we are attacking the very pillars of our democracy...the protection and respect of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people.