What does being a "Liberal" mean? (US)

[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by lookout123

Well, I'm a conservative so my values are hate and intolerance. or so I've been told.

If you dont want your church to conduct gay marriages, that is between you and your church and not intolerant. If you want the government to prohibit the right of a gay couple to marry or have the same rights as married couples, that is imposing your religious values on the broader society; values that dont have consensus support, and IMO, intolerant.

The same does not apply to supporting a flat tax. Different issues and different meaning of extreme.

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I think the intolerance shows up in the social issues where, more often than not, they are defined by religious doctrine. But then again, I think most organized religions are intolerant to some degree.

Fiscal issues (tax policy, regulatory policy, etc) are defined more by political ideology rather than religious doctrine.