Talk:Centre for Independent Studies

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"It advocates for Classical liberal economic and conservative[citation needed] social policies."

I'd argue that this statement is factually incorrect, as I have attended CIS events, where drug legalisation was a discussion topic. I'd hardly consider this to be socially conservative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.167.190.133 (talk) 03:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I second this comment. The CIS is a supporter of libertarian social policies, along the lines of Milton Friedman, who was an advocate for the legalisation of drugs. They have not done much research on drugs policy, but describing their views as "conservative" is not consistent with their stated philosophy. The CIS' classical liberal ideology would be open to gay marriage, for instance. Mookrit (talk) 13:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)