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Your post was interesting, not because of the specific issues you brought up (abortion, gay sex) but because of the mindset that prompted the post. This mindset is really at the heart of the divisiveness between liberals and conservatives.
In your post you mentioned that you believed that conservatives were imposing their beliefs on you and this made you afraid. This is the problem, Ida. There are no laws in existence or under discussion that force you to accept any political or religious viewpoint. None. You are fearing a false outcome.
Conservatives know this and that is why we don't fear liberals or liberal ideas. We may not like them, but we don't fear them.
The other problem is mistaking tolerance for approval. Too often liberals want other people to embrace and approve of their ideas. When this doesn't happen, it's not framed as a disagreement - it's framed as a profound character flaw.
Really diversity is all about a variety of ideas - some of which you will not like and cannot support but that's okay.
Speak for yourself. Activist judges are in fact shoving these "values" (or lack thereof") down our throats. We are being forced to subsidize that which we, as civilized people, disdain. Our children are being brainwashed with liberal claptrap at school. We have much to fear.
The end of shame was the beginning of the end of civilizaton.