Liberal construction doesn't mean following the "liberal" party line. It's a technical term that describes a way to read and understand a document. All that I meant to say, and what the Ninth Amendment clearly says, is that we have more rights than those specifically listed in the Constitution. That's what the document says. I have no interest in defending the "right" to sodomy, etc.
"Does a "liberal" construction of our rights include the "right" to sodomy, gay marriage, and abortion? Because if that's what you mean by liberal, this conservative wants no part of it."
Sodomy and gay marriage are things that the government is NOT empowered to interfere with(Marriage is no where mentioned in the constitution). Abortion is different because it deals with the right to life, which is a clearly enumerated power. If the Constitution (state or federal) does not give a power to the government, the government does NOT have that power. The government has no proper authority to interfere with any activity that does not infringe on the right to life, liberty, or property of another individual.