"Conservatives" (actually right-wingers) and "Liberals" (actually left-wingers), make plenty of noise and get press these days. It has little, if anything, to do with classic conservative or liberal ideas. It makes it look as if the nation is extremely polarized. And in some ways, it might be.

But, as always, the vast majority of people fall somewhere in the reasonable middle. That's as true of religion as in politics.

As a very sharp person in my neck of the woods once said, "I'm as conservative as can be, when it makes sense, and liberal as can be, when that makes sense."

Most people have a live-and-let live approach to things, and that certainly applies to gay issues.

What's wearisome to many people is one side telling them gays are trying to take over the world, and the other side telling them that if they don't deny fundamental realities, then they're being "hateful."

Aug 21, 2011 -- 1:48PM, mytmouse57 wrote:

"Conservatives" (actually right-wingers) and "Liberals" (actually left-wingers), make plenty of noise and get press these days. It has little, if anything, to do with classic conservative or liberal ideas. ..

If you have to start a posting with something that is not true, how can the rest of the post be worth reading?