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And THAT’s why the Republican Party will die, and socialism will emerge triumphant.

When you make “conservatism” into a litmus test for religious orthodoxy, then you will drive otherwise good conservatives away.

Think about what you said: “you cannot be a Conservative and embrace abortion or homosexuality...” I guess I’m not a conservative, then. If a woman chooses to have an abortion, that’s between her and God, nothing to do with me or the government. I don’t care what people do in the privacy of their bedrooms, whether they sleep with a man, a woman, or neither. I don’t want the government to mandate anything in relation to abortion, against or in favor. Likewise, I want the government to stay out of people’s bedrooms. I don’t want the government to celebrate or denounce abortion or homosexuality. I don’t want the government to spend money subsidizing abortion, or enforcing a ban thereof.

It appears that you and I have very different ideas of what constitutes “conservatism”. I embrace a conservatism that tolerates all religions, nationalities, ethnicities, and (yes) sexual orientations: all under a limited federal government, bound by the strictures of the Constitution.

More to the point, it’s clear that you hold a very different vision of that “conservative” government would look like, and I doubt that those like you would hesitate to impose your views on all of us at the point of a bayonet. Faced with secular totalitarianism of the Left or a religious totalitarianism from the Right, I will fight against both, for they are both equally abhorrent to the tenets of Liberty. And I submit to you, Sir, that anyone who “embraces” religious totalitarianism is as much an enemy of America and the Constitution as Communism, Socialism, Nazism, and Islamism.

You are a libertarian... nothing wrong with that... but not all libertarians are Conservative... thus the LIB in Libertarian. Read Reagan's words on abortion and homosexuality that I posted earlier... that is the heart of Conservatism professed by the FATHER of Modern Conservatism... also read the Declaration of Independence... those babies are guaranteed LIFE and just because some activist judge skewed the law does not make it the right thing to embrace. The problem with America is that it was CREATED and FOUNDED by staunch Christian men... and every moment since it has been attacked by the GODless and feminized by those with pink bunny slippers!

LLS

"And I submit to you, Sir, that anyone who “embraces” religious totalitarianism is as much an enemy of America and the Constitution as Communism, Socialism, Nazism, and Islamism.”

For someone professing tolerance... you are certainly intolerable of those listed religions... yes... for many people worship all of those false gods. Want to call Reagan an enemy of Liberty?... for all that I do is profess Reagan's teachings on the subjects and have offered his very words in this thread as proof.

LLS

And I submit to you, Sir, that anyone who “embraces” religious totalitarianism is as much an enemy of America and the Constitution as Communism, Socialism, Nazism, and Islamism.

Expert straw man argument.

Christianity does not support totalitarianism, at least not on purpose. Without Christianity there would be no USA.