Reply #19: I welcome your thoughts, but I think you misrepresent conservatism. [View All]

[denverbill]

Conservatism is all about tradition. The very essense of conservatism is preserving traditional values. Conservatives since the dawn of time have opposed not only gay marriage but homosexuality itself, not to mention all other forms of 'sodomy'. It's pretty difficult to enforce laws against sodomy and at the same time get govt off the people's back.

It's exactly the same with abortion. You can't very well outlaw abortion without enforcing the ban, which would require a massive police state intrusion into every woman's medical records.

As someone else stated, I think you are expressing libertarianism more than conservatism. Conservatives may want the govt out of their pocketbooks, but they definitely want cops in the bedroom.