Inspired by Sardi - My Top 3 reasons That I Am Not a Conservative

Karen - they are beautiful, aren't they

Suzanne - we need to put our children and our country ahead of ideology

Nick - are you comparing yourself to Obama?

William - good question

Sardi - be your own kind of a guy, but, I am honored.

Jon - yeah, I thought about posting just one, but thought I  might get different people joining the conversation if I did two. At my point level, it certainly wasn't just a points scheme. Who am I, good question.

Nick - whats the Freedom of Speech quote in reference to? Thanks for the feature.

Georgia - thanks, congrats on your 3, hope they are well

Rob - as stated in the other post, there have been numerous attempts, often succesful, to limit the rights of gays, that is the bigotry. There have also been many conservative attempts to regulate behaviour, although in different ways than the liberal attempts to regulate behaviour.

Nick - I won't remain silent whether its liberal, conservative or libertarian policies that I think will be bad for the country

John - while I agree that bigot and racist are often used because there is no logical arguement, there is bigotry and racism in both liberals and conservatives, albeit I am not saying that it is ubiquitous. However, legislation denying gays not only the right to marry, but the right to civil  unions and the other benefits that others enjoy is bigotry.

Georgia - and other teachers have lost their jobs because of conservative values for pictures of them in bikinis with drinks on facebook

Nick - you did not read the entire comment. Several states, in the same legislation that denied marriage to gays also denied civil unions and other benefits. That is bigotry, whether religious or not. And marriage has not been preserved between man and woman, it is tradition (except in the church). Again, the government should not be in the marriage business at all, at least legislatively. The government should only recognize the contract between the consenting adults and should not have anything to do with marriage. That could be left to the churches.

Georgia - the ACLU has often defended Christians, in Florida they defended the rights of Christian students wearing T-shirts expressing a preference for Christianity over Islam. In NJ the ACLU defended the right of a student to wear an arm band that was pro-life and anti-abortion. While I am not a big fan of the ACLU, they do support and defend Christian rights when infringed upon.

Rob - some regulations are necessary, but yeah, Dodd-Frank, Obamacare do go too far. And here you go with that trite domino theory ending with the breakdown of the family. I have yet to see a real example of homosexuality destroying a family. Yes, I agree, families have been destroyed because someone in it was not able to cope with the fact that a son or daughter was gay, but that is also the case with unwanted pregnancies, inter-racial relationships, change in religion, even political differences. As for polygamy, triads (which I presume is really a group marriage and can include more than 3), again, can anyone show a real example of how that would destroy the family. The real destroyers of the family are the "state" that is usurping the rights of parents and the parents that are abdicating their responsibilities to others, especially the state. As a disclaimer, I am not promoting polygamy or group marriages. However, the government should have no say in marriage at all, including those to, other than in regard to the contractual portion of it.