[Modernman]

I see the balance of the religous right to the libertines in the Republican party

I think you meant to say "libertarians."

[RKV]

Yes I think it was intended to be libertarians also. I hope the religious right and the libertarian wing can reach a modus vivendi somehow. I tend to act like a member of the religious right, and want legislation like a libertarian. I don't think of it as cognitive dissonance. Rather, I think the government should be limited in what it can do based on what enumerated powers the constituion gives a state (or the federal government). I certainly don't believe the feds should be regulating medicine. H3ll, I don't even think the FDA is constitutional, much less any of the federal gun laws.

[AreaMan]

I think you meant to say "libertarians."

No, I meant libertines because that essentially what the libertarians insist on pursuing.

[AreaMan]

I think you meant to say "libertarians."

No, I meant libertines because that is essentially what the libertarians insist on pursuing.