[PatrickHenry]

Now that I think about it, Rand was pro-choice. At least up to a point. But she was anti-welfare, anti-gay rights, etc. I'd say she was conservative. Not 100%, but enough to blow away the notion that her atheism was a bar to being socially conservative.

[PatrickHenry]

I don't want to convert Jim's "BADJOE" thread into an Ayn Rand debate. It's been side-tracked enough. Ignore everything in my recent posts.