Thanks for replying back today....
I'm a moderate conservative who believes in personally funded abortion within the first trimester and who has alot of gay friends.
Am I a "RINO?"
What are you beliefs on guns?
Governments role in your life?
Government role in my life?
----and who has alot of gay friends----
You have fallen into the trap of the media perpetuated myth of conservatives vs gays.
TRUE conservatives are not anti-gay & never have been. Real conservs are 100% in favor of everyone having the same rights. Don't confuse privileges with rights.
I have gay friends and relatives. Big da*m deal.
If you examine the issue very closely you will see that certain wedge type issues have been seized by the DemocRats and twisted.
For example, I am 100% against gay marriage. That is not a human right. Marriage is an institution for the opposite sexes. If two gays want to enter into some kind of self determined legal contract for property inheritance or such, that's fine. But does my opposition to gay "marriage" make me anti-gay? No connection. I think SS needs reforming, that doesn't mean I hate seniors. Duh. DemocRats have been very successful in linking certain issues to make conservative appear that we have some vendetta against homosexuals.
I do not like having someone shove offensive public behavior in my face. That is not a right of anyone. We are very tolerant of others that show a little discretion and consideration for us. How can I be anti-gay because I don't want special privileges extended to a vested interest group?
Remember the crap where the leftist scum tried to paint Dick Cheney as a gay basher because he is against same sex marriage (which is an oxymoron BTW)? They said he hated gays & by extension his daughter because of it. Absolute crappolla!
I could go on and on, it just inflames me to be accused of being anti-gay because I don't swallow every bit of blather from the gay pandering left, or the militant gay lobby.
And I'll bet you big bucks that the leftists who so obviously pander to the gay lobby sit back in private amounst themselves and and laugh themselves silly making queer jokes. In life, when someone panders to you for your vote, you can be sure they have no respect for you.
Whew, now I feel better.