[steveab]

“This election was not a mandate for the Republican Party, nor was it a mandate to act on any social issue.”

I agree and I will write or fax my reps.

[hinckley buzzard]

The point is, it is not an either/or proposition. You can be socially conservative and fiscally conservative, without any extra effort. This is a cynical tactic of the homosexual and pro-abortion lobby to suck in naive newbies, whether in congress or right here on FR.

[achilles2000]

The real Tea Partiers are complete conservatives. The vistories were a rejection of the entire left agenda that the D.C. Establiblishment is pushing. By trying to eliminate Tea Party influence on “social issues” what you are really trying to do covertly is eliminate opposition to the promotion of the sodomite agenda and murdering babies in the womb.

[Bokababe]

“This election was not a mandate for the Republican Party, nor was it a mandate to act on any social issue.” I agree and I will write or fax my reps.

Ditto!

[Outlaw Woman]

You are wrong. It was a mandate against the current pro-death, pro-sodomite, pro-marxist government.

[MrEdd]

I am a social, military, and fiscal conservative.
I voted for Alan Keyes in 2008, and convinced a fair number of Christians not to vote for McCain - not a difficult task in a border state.

Since the election, the country has turned sharply to the right.
In our area, many people who once spent their time carousing are turning to family activities. Hard times force people to reevaluate their priorities.

A lot of people here are in churches for the first time in their lives.

Since affluence and wealth are often a lower priority for social conservatives than the spiritual and emotional health of their families, social liberals literally have nothing to put on the table right now to evoke a spirit of compromise.

[rrrod]

Totally agree. For some this may sound like we are giving in but CONSERATIVES are social conservatives and fiscal conseratives. It just the way it is...but we have to fix this guv as a priority. We are facing some tough times.

[little jeremiah]

You are on the wrong side, buddy.

[scbison]

Correct, we shouldn’t talk about social issues which means we don’t do anything about gay marriage.. Leave everything as it is now.. Only between man and women. Two can play that game.

[Rapscallion]

“This election was not a mandate for the Republican Party, nor was it a mandate to act on any social issue.”

Social issues pale beside the financial threat to the Republic as we knew it. The very concept of America is at risk with this debt. If we cannot fix it, all the social issues will not matter a whit.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The election was not a mandate for Republicans to fold on social issues either...

None of those people represent me...

[jacknhoo]

Thanks for outing yourselves in the list, leftist Tea Party impostors.

Sexual deviancy, abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, healthcare rationing, infanticide, unnatural marriage, anti-religious policies, anti-tradition policies are all unethical, immoral and atheistic socialist agendas. And, yes, they are social and cultural issues.

Any group that embraces this death culture, as mentioned above, is anti-American, atheistic, secularist, socialist, and does not belong to any authentic Tea Party ideal.