(07-14-2021 10:07 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-14-2021 09:41 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  There are very few 100% "Democrat positions" and 100% "Republican positions".
With that said, my guess is that you would have voted against the Texas bathroom bill. That was a "Democrat position". Allowing gay couples to adopt? Also a "Democrat position". Legalizing marijuana? A "Democrat position".
Are you in favor of any of these?

Not clear which bathroom bill you are referring to, but I think I would have voted in favor. I favor allowing gay couples to adopt and legalizing marijuana. I don't see either of those as partisan issues, and have recommended repeatedly that republicans should come around to my views on both. A friend was debating gay adoption and asked me for ideas, and I said, ask if your opponent would prefer the child be aborted.

I am a Christian but not a right-wing evangelical. I am not a fan of letting the religious right take over the republican party. I do believe that mainline denominations have moved too far left.

I am in favor of unisex bathrooms (bet that surprises you), having actually used them before. I mean the kind with both sexes allowed at the same time. That really makes the bathroom debate useless and senseless. Everybody uses the same room.

I also favored gay marriage from the git-go. I am OK with same sex couples adopting - better two parents of whatever sex than only one of either. I support the value of the family - is that “family values”?

I favor the decriminalization of marijuana. Have for 50 years.

I oppose the death penalty.


Maybe I don’t quite fit your stereotype of a conservative. That’s OK - I don’t fit theirs, either. Like I have said, I go issue by issue. Generally end up voting for conservatives as the better choice, not because they are perfect. But nominate Joe Manchin against Majorie Taylor Greene, and watch me go left.

Your turn, 93 - what “conservative” positions do you wholehearted embrace? Immigration control?