how liberal/conservative are you?

[Shadylookin]

Same sex marriage:

support. I'm anti-marriage, statistically speaking 100% of divorces started off as marriages so therefore it can't be good news. However if a man and a woman can marry, so should a man and a man, and a woman and a woman.

Same sex adoption:

support

Legalizing marijuana:

support. I don't indulge myself, but I don't know where the government gets the idea it should be able to keep someone from inhaling whatever they desire.

Euthanasia:

support. If you don't want to live why should the government ensure that you do?

Stem research:

support. I imagine it has amazing potential to cure a lot of terrible diseases

Capital punishment:

support. I believe that it should be legal for states to use capital punishment for especially heinous crimes.

Legalizing Prostitution:

support. the only difference I see between whining and dining a girl a few times and paying a prostitute is that one has upfront honest intentions

Abortion:

support. The last thing we need is more unwanted children with irresponsible parents. I know there are more deeper emotional issues at hand and that going to a doc for an abortion takes a higher emotional toll than going in for a sore throat. However I think those issues are up to the woman to decide and the government should not try and outlaw abortion

If someone thinks of any other "hot topic" feel free to chip in.

you really neglected anything to do with the economy at all. There's more to the political spectrum than just social issues.

 

[MobBoss]

Your opinion on:

Same sex marriage: Not supporting.

Same sex adoption: Supporting, but with caveats.

Legalizing marijuana: Not supporting.

Euthanasia: Not supporting.

Stem research: Supporting, but again, with caveats.

Capital punishment: Supporting.

Legalizing Prostitution: Not supporting.

Abortion: Not supporting, but with some exceptions.

 

[illram]

As emperor of the world I proclaim the following:

Same sex marriage: Granted

Same sex adoption: Granted

Legalizing marijuana: Granted *cough*

Euthanasia: Granted in very strict circumstances

Stem cell research: Granted

Capital punishment: Undecided... convince me.

Legalizing Prostitution: Granted

Abortion: Granted


Now get back to work plebians!

 

[Chose]

EDIT: I tend to have different views than most people. These cant be answered with supporting, not supporting, and undecided because there is a difference in what i believe and what i think the government should do about it.


Same sex marriage: This one has always been weird to me. Why do gay people want to get married? Separation of church and state right? It clearly a religious thing, and its clearly against Christianity. Then i realized why, tax benefits for being married. So no more IRS no more gay people wanting to get married.

Same sex adoption: Strongly disagree sense i disagree with same sex marriage.

Legalizing marijuana: Once again i think its bad and wrong to use marijuana, but i think the government should not rule our lives and tell us how to live. I'm a little torn on this issue, i think sense its already illegal we should just keep it that way.

Euthanasia: You mean murder? i would be opposed to that.

Stem research: Once again, murder right?

Capital punishment: Some people lose their right to live buy what the choose to do, aborted babies have no choice.

Legalizing Prostitution: Same stance as marijuana.

Abortion: Murder, we need to value life at ALL stages starting with conception.

Taxes: In Minnesota we just passed a 6.6 billion tax raise to help with transportation. 40% of the taxes we pay go to welfare, all the taxes are going to the wrong places, money should be taken from and given to transportation. All this money is going to worthless light rail and a few out-of-metro area roads. But it does not have to be like this, the government should not do this. These DFL (and some GOP) people in the house and senate don't believe in personal liberties. They are thieves, simply thieves. They do not represent the population. Any poll you look at shows they people don't want this tax increase. And they call themselves Public Servants, but they they vote for pay raises for themselves and tax us to death, they even have 90 dollars for lunch break every day, get a job you thief.

Welfare: Alan keys once said something to the effect of, Welfare has done more damage to the African American community then slavery. Welfare does not help people, people getting a free check will continue to get a free check. They need to be learn to work hard and get jobs. Now don't get me wrong i don't hate poor people, if i was getting a check for doing nothing i would not want to change anything either. I just think the system is broken, its just not right to take money from people and give it to others.

Guns:
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[The Farow]

Same sex marriage: Not Supporting

Same sex adoption: Support

Legalizing marijuana: Not Supporting

Euthanasia: Not Supporting

Stem research: Support only with fetuses already killed. Minus well save a live with one taken. Of course we not have this problem if we outlawed abortion.

Capital punishment: Support but only for the most hanous crimes.

Legalizing Prostitution: Not Supporting

Abortion: Against in most cases. Basically, only in cases of rape, incest and if the mother's life is in daner. I am afraid that it has become a form of birth control.

 

[Berzerker]

Its a gateway drug, whereas cigs are not.

As a kid I used cigs before alcohol and pot, but the gov't has already studied this issue. Didn't know that? Yeah, the gov't didn't like the results so they've been rather quiet. This "gateway" psychobabblers talk about is created by the illegality of pot - the psychobabblers made pot a "gateway" drug by making it illegal. If you're going to the black market for a drug, then you're being exposed to other illegal drugs. And if your local dealer is out of pot because the gov't cracked down but he's now got cocaine, well, there's yer gate.

I cant believe anyone claiming to be "conservative" or "Christian" would support banning pot and prostitution.

 

[Shirastro]

I think i need to clarify few things on this thread.

When i said "same sex marriage" i didn't mean necessarily a religious thing. Any type of civil union that would give homosexual couples the same rights as the heterosexual married couples have.

Also with euthanasia i meant in cases of terminally ill patients that are really suffering (but still mentally capable to make the decision), and not that other people should be allowed to choose without the consent of the person to be euthanised.

One more thing.
Why does most of you link the terms liberal and conservative with politics and economics? Is it an American thing?

 

[Harbringer]

Support all, with limitations on the euthinasia one.

 

[Chose]

I think i need to clarify few things on this thread.

When i said "same sex marriage" i didn't mean necessarily a religious thing. Any type of civil union that would give homosexual couples the same rights as the heterosexual married couples have.

What "right" does a straight man have over a gay man? The only difference in America is you get punished worse for killing a gay than a straight.

Also with euthanasia i meant in cases of terminally ill patients that are really suffering (but still mentally capable to make the decision), and not that other people should be allowed to choose without the consent of the person to be euthanised.

That choice is Gods

One more thing.
Why does most of you link the terms liberal and conservative with politics and economics? Is it an American thing?

When a person says he is conservative it has to there political views about economics and social issues. Thats what it means to be a conservative or liberal. I find it shocking that you don't relate politics into the idea of being a conservative or liberal.

 

[Shirastro]

When a person says he is conservative it has to there political views about economics and social issues. Thats what it means to be a conservative or liberal. I find it shocking that you don't relate politics into the idea of being a conservative or liberal.

Than i guess im too European.

 

[warpus]

That choice is Gods

Right, so let's unhook all the people who are artificially being kept alive from their machines, and let's let God decide who lives and who dies.

 

[Cu Chulainn]

What "right" does a straight man have over a gay man? The only difference in America is you get punished worse for killing a gay than a straight.

Hospital visitation, Tax benefits, estate benefits, etc. Because the government grants benefits under the law to married couples it is discriminatory to prevent people from getting married. Hate crime laws (ideally) are about intent. Killing someone is an awful thing, killing someone because of who they are is sociopathic and needs to be punished more severely.

That choice is Gods

and what right do you have to force your religion on other people?


And as for me:

Same sex marriage: As long as the government is in the marriage business it has to be available to all people. get rid of legal marriage and the problem is solved.

Same sex adoption:

Legalizing marijuana: Kill the black market, reduce crime. booyah

Euthanasia: Who's more qualified to decide when I should die than me?

Stem research: you're kidding right?

Capital punishment: nope, The idea that one innocent person has died at the government's hands appalls me.

Legalizing Prostitution: Personal freedom FTW! and lemme get this straight. Paying someone to sleep with you is illegal but paying to people to copulate in front of a camera is just fine??? WTH?

Abortion: Complicated. but in the name of personal freedom, I'm OK with it.

 

[downtown]

I cant believe anyone claiming to be "conservative" or "Christian" would support banning pot and prostitution.

Why would a Christian support prostitution??

 

[Swedishguy]

I am neither. I am a socialist. I think both liberals and conservatives are capitalists.

 

[Archbob]

Same sex marriage: I'd be ok with it if you called them "Civil Unions" and gave them the same benefits.

Same sex adoption: No

Legalizing marijuana: No

Euthanasia: Support, you should be able to choose when you die

Stem research: Support

Capital punishment: Support, yes I support the death penalty

Legalizing Prostitution: Against

Abortion: Generally against unless giving birth endangers the life of the mother or the women was raped(and not the he's 18 and he slept with someone who was not legal kind of rape).

Moderate middle-of-the-road for me.

 

[West 36]

I am neither. I am a socialist. I think both liberals and conservatives are capitalists.

I'm a socialist too, but we can still fill out the survey!

 

[mrpwn3r]

Same sex marriage: Should be determined by each individual state

Same sex adoption: Should be banned

Legalizing marijuana: Should definitely be legalized. I'm looking forward to smoking some when I'm older.

Euthanasia: Should be allowed

Stem research: Should be allowed

Capital punishment:Should be allowed

Legalizing Prostitution: Should be banned

Abortion: Should be allowed

 

[Grisu]

For me:
a) Its a gateway drug, whereas cigs are not.

that argument always confused me. IMHO, the only reason why it is a gateway drug, is exactly because it's illegal.

 

[Ramius75]

Same sex marriage: support. they are not hurting anyone, let them be.

Same sex adoption: undecided. since they cant have children, they arent entitled to one too.

Legalizing marijuana: no

Euthanasia: undecided.

Stem research: support. go ahead as long as no one is hurt

Capital punishment: support. Some crimes only deserved the worst punishment.

Legalizing Prostitution: support. not hurting anyone. might reduce the number of pimps too.

Abortion: Support. As long as its endangering the mother.

 

[Cu Chulainn]

Same sex adoption: undecided. since they cant have children, they arent entitled to one too.

How is anyone entitled to children?