Fair enough.
1. Drugs. I believe that all psychoactive substances, whether currently legal or illegal, prescription or non-prescription, should be re-categorized according to their a) usefulness as medications, b) usefulness as a recreational intoxicant, c) safety in normal use, and d) potential for harm if used improperly. This includes everything from alcohol to pot to anti-depressants to heroin to LSD to sedatives to painkillers. Our current categorization is grossly inaccurate and leads to gruesome accidents, deaths, etc. and inconsistent social effects.
I think that many drugs that are legal should be more closely controlled, and some drugs that are illegal could be decriminalized with overall net improvement in society. I do not agree with the large-L Libertarian position that all drugs should be legal; I think that's unwise.
Personally I have an occasional beer or shot of tequila (typically once or twice a month). I don't smoke pot or take any other recreational drugs, just my blood pressure meds (hardly recreational) and the occasional aspirin.
2. Porn. It either disgusts or bores me, frankly. I do enjoy pictures of pretty women in both dressed and undressed states, but I'm talking things like pinups or classic "erotic" paintings or photos, not pornographic shots. I am of the opinion that porn has a minimal effect on a person's core beliefs, and does not constitute a significant danger to society given that we face much larger dangers as a nation from treason and the introduction of Sharia.
I don't think nudie pictures should be or have to be outlawed to protect society; that sort of prohibition doesn't work anyway. Existing laws on assault, rape, and other violent crimes cover most of what I would outlaw in extreme/hardcore porn -- it's not the picture or the video, it's the behavior that I find objectionable.
3. Homosexuality. I'm unequivocally heterosexual, never had the slightest romantic or sexual interest in other men. So I don't really understand gay men's attraction for each other. I'm willing to grant that tastes differ, and I don't claim to understand love, so I try to allow for a certain range of attractions. But I find the thought of gay male sex distasteful, unnatural, somewhat disgusting. Something just ain't right there.
Lesbians, well, that makes a bit more sense to me, since I find women attractive, so I can understand a woman finding women attractive, but sexually it's still obviously not what Nature intended. Something ain't right there either.
I don't think homosexuality should be illegal -- I believe it's irrelevant to the government's proper functions. That sort of thing is best dealt with on the local social or interpersonal level.
Obviously, I'm not a full-blooded Social Conservative, because I'm not going to carry placards around with anti-drug, anti-porn, anti-gay slogans on them. But I seem to fall quite short of your idea of a drug-addled, porn-lapping, gay-loving Libertarian, too.
How's that? :)
As for me:
drugs --I'm opposed to legalization of recreational drugs (including marijuana) because they already cause enough trauma, especially among the young. Their psychological impact urges restrictions and enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels of government.
porn -- it is a shameful scourge on society and the internet has raised its dangers to a higher level X 1,000. It exploits women and borderline 18 YO's and often children. It isn't victimless. Today, there are few restrictions, and there ought to be. The first step should be to have regulations that put all porn sites into an xxx.sex category so they can be discerned and blocked by those who choose to restrict them in their homes.
homosexuality -- the militancy of the agenda is a direct threat to the family structure that is the foundation of our rapidly deteriorating Judeo-Christian society. The activists have already moved their agenda into public schools across the country and corrupting innocent five to seven year old youngsters. Their behavior isn't normal, according to God's law and natural law. I oppose government sanctioned "homosexual" marriage and anything else that moves their agenda forward.
Other issues that personally compel me: "right to life" from conception to natural death, 2nd Amendment rights, 1st Amendment freedoms, illegal immigration, and privacy rights -- a very real and looming threat these days with photo recognition technology, credit card and financial tracking, etc. You can't hide these days, and "thought control" as envisioned in 1984 is here, pervasive, and today.
Vigilance and activism by conservative and "right minded" citizens is necessary to protect our freedoms, and our values. For too long, many conservatives have conceded their positions or kept quiet while liberals have dominated the public policy arena. And the result is far-left activist judges, a school system in shambles, government out of control, and an Obama administration and Congress virtually unbridled. The 2010 silent majority should speak up, vote and be politically active, and carry placards when necessary -- or we will lose even further.
Again, thanks for the exchange.