[Excerpts printed in the "Vol 1 No 2" 1986 "Special Issue" of LP News]
Victimless Crimes
[Identical to 1990 plank]
Because only actions that infringe on the
rights of others can
properly be termed crimes, we favor the repeal of all federal,
state,
and local laws creating "crimes" without victims. In
particular, we
advocate:
a. the repeal of all
laws prohibiting the production, sale,
possession, or use of drugs, and of
all medicinal prescription
requirements for the purchase of
vitamins, drugs, and similar
substances;
b. the repeal of all laws restricting or prohibiting the
use or sale
of alcohol, including the imposition of a minimum drinking
age, and
making bartenders or hosts responsible for the behavior of
customers
and guests;
c. the repeal of all laws or policies authorizing
stopping drivers
without probable cause to test for alcohol or drug use;
d. the repeal of all laws regarding
consensual sexual relations,
including prostitution and solicitation, and the cessation
of state
oppression and harassment of homosexual men and women, that
they, at
last, be accorded their full rights as individuals;
e. the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting
the possession,
use, sale, production, or distribution of sexually explicit
material,
independent of "socially redeeming
value" or compliance with
"community standards";
f. the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting gambling; and
g. the repeal of all laws interfering
with the right to commit
suicide as infringements of the ultimate right of an individual to his
or her own life.
We demand the use of executive pardon to free and exonerate all
those
presently incarcerated or ever convicted solely for the
commission of
these "crimes."
Further, we recognize that, often, the Federal Government
blackmails
states which refuse to comply with these laws by withholding funds and
we applaud those states which refuse to be so coerced.
Military Policy
We recognize the necessity for maintaining a sufficient military force
to defend the United States against aggression. We should reduce the
overall cost and size of our total government defense establishment.
We call for the withdrawal of all American troops from bases abroad. In
particular, we call for the removal of the U.S. Air Force as well as
ground troops from the Korean peninsula.
We call for withdrawal from mulitalteral and bilateral commitments to
military intervention (such as NATO and to South Korea) and for
abandonment of interventionist doctrines (such as the Monroe Doctrine).
We view the mass-destruction potential of modern warfare as the
greatest threat to the lives and liberties o f the American people and
all the people of the globe. We favor international negotiations toward
general and complete disarmament down to the police levels, provided
every necessary precaution is taken to effectively protect the lives
and the rights of the American people. Particularly important is the
mutual disarmament of nuclear weapons and missiles, and other
instruments of indiscriminate mass destruction of civilians.
Foreign Aid
["cartels" <=> "circles", otherwise identical to 1990 plank]
We support the elimination of
tax-supported military, economic,
technical, and scientific aid to
foreign governments or other
organizations. We support the abolition of government
underwriting of
arms sales. We further support abolition of
federal agencies that
make American taxpayers guarantors of export-related loans,
such as
the Export-Import Bank and the Commodity Credit
Corporation. We also
oppose the participation of the U.S.
government in international
commodity cartels which restrict production,
limit technological
innovation, and raise prices.
We call for the repeal of all prohibitions on
individuals or firms
contributing or selling goods and services to any foreign
country or
organization.