----whether or not I am the dreaded RINO, because I believe in a woman's choice in the first trimester----
Oh, I did pick upon that. It's just that it gripes me to no end that any conservative should feel the need to state he has gay friends. It's like "I have Jewish friends" or "I have black friends".
I told my [gay] brother when he voted for BC, that conservatives will stand up for the constitutional rights of *everyone*, but will not pander to the gay lobby. Whereas BC would promise them everything and screw them whenever it suited his needs - which he did, and the DemocRats always do.
I have moral and practical reservations RE 1st trimester abortions; however, I also realize one cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube. I don't agree that your thoughts on it "disqualify" you from conservative status.
I do take issue with calling it a woman's right to choose. She may carry & bear the child, but it is not a possession owned by her. Nor is it the immaculate conception (hint, hint :)
PBA is infanticide, period.
This is not the thread for a long discussion on abortion. later on that.
I had a [very] good time, too. But for me it was the recreational side of my life, never a statement of political philosophy. I have always been a conservative, even when seriously stoned. I never seemed to be able to get on the Free Love bus, though....it was always gone when I got to the bus station ;-)
that's very cute...couldn't get on the Free Love bus because it always left the station. I'm smiling.
Yeah, me, too. Couldn't escape the conservative side: it has been so engrained in me (dad ran for congress). and my belief in God is what kept me from losing it completely.
Thanks for a good discussion.