B-Chan
If the GOP surrenders the field in the Culture War to the sodomite libertines and their pro-sodomy libertarian allies, then any victory it may enjoy will be at the cost of its core principles.
The Republican Party is supposed to be a conservative party, both socially and economically;
if the GOP sacrifices its social conservatism for the sake of electral success, then it forfeits the right to call itself conservative, and becomes a de facto libertarian party.
487 -bchan-
Yes indeed, the Republican Party ~is~ "supposed to be a conservative party, both socially and economically"..
-- It is not, and hasn't been, -- for quite a some time. Since it stopped supporting our constituton, as written, in fact.
-- The only faction of the GOP that still does so is represented here at FR on the RLC forum, where JR posted their positions, some time ago:
REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS POSITION STATEMENT Address:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/721810/posts Perhaps you could read the above, and point out where the "sodomite libertines and their pro-sodomy libertarian allies" have stated their
agendas?
497 -tpaine-
Oh, -- and here is the real core of my "problem"... I had the termerity to suggest that the GOP could learn something from the RLC..
You're a very disturbed homo. The extent you go to to deny and defend you homosexuality is amusing. After our brief interaction I am compelled to take a shower. Yuk! I minimize my time with evil promoters like yourself.
SODOMY : CENTER FOR THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (LAWRENCE v. TEXAS SODOMY BRIEF)I. THE HISTORIC AUTHORITY OF THE STATES TO CRIMINALIZE SODOMY IS WELL-SETTLED
A. Proscriptions Against Sodomy Have Deep Religious, Political, and Legal Roots.
B. The History of State Legislation Reveals That Same-Sex Sodomy Was Uniformly Condemned.
C. The Records of Appellate Courts Do Not Support the Claim That the States Avoided Prosecuting or Condemning Same-Sex Sodomy.
E. Nothing in the History or Text of the Equal Protection Clause Supports a Different Result from This Court's Due Process Clause Decision in BOWERS V. HARDWICK .
B. Legislative Trends Do Not Create New Constitutional Rights.