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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure I consider myself to be conservative, but I know that most of DCUM would consider me conservative.

I read the message threads through recent topics and post in political periodically.

However I'm turned off by a lot of the name calling and stupid stuff people put in the political threads (ie. smell, mittens, etc).

I'm mainly libertarian, not conservative, but I vote Republican most...not all...but most of the time.  I'll be voting for Romney.  I think that an extreme reduction in government regulation would be a terrific thing for the country.

I'm pro-life.  I believe that the baby in utero is a human being and should be treated like a human being.   I'm pro-birth control...I think it should be encouraged as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions. But I'm opposed to forcing people who are opposed to birth control to have to pay for it for others.

I'm pro-gay marriage for as long as the government is doing marriages.  I actually think that the government should stop being involved in marriage all together.  But as long as they are doing so, I think that all people, straight or gay, should have the same rights to that government process. [/quote]

Wow, I could have written this post (well, almost) and I think there are a TON of Republicans that feel the same way you do.  I don't think I'm libertarian, more conservative.

The only other difference is gay marriage - While I also think all people, straight or gay, should have the same rights to the government process, I think everyone should have to have a civil union to get that - and then, those religious folks that want to get married in their church or synogoug (spell??) can do so in addition to the civil union that would be required under the government laws.  In other words, we all had to go to the court house to get a marriage license and have our marriage recorded.  I think that process should be a stand alone process that gets you "married" (or civilly unioned) whether you're gay or straight.  Then, each religion decides on its own whether they permit two people to get married in their establishment.

To answer the OPs question - I sometimes read through some political posts that catch my attention, but never respond because it always ends up in a cat-fight.  Even when Republicans bring respectful posts, you have a host of Dems chomping at the bit to argue.  The bottom line is that each side has some valid points and some crappy ones.  Each side believes their party's position will be better for the country - arguing that one side or the other put forth a bill here or there that is outrageous doesn't really help because I do believe that we all want our country to get better - I just think that we all think our way is the better way to get that done.  [/quote]

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