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SandNSunLuver41 wrote:
But along the way we've had to deal with many people who tried to slow some of the progress and turn the clock back to the way some things were in the past. The people who do this are called conservatives.

Today our society still has a dark side and there are many things that still need correction. It is simply disgusting, for example, that so many people cannot see the difference between a mother nursing her baby and an obscene sex act being performed in public. Feelings against gay people still abound. There is little topfreedom here while it is legal in most other developed countries. Again it is conservative minded politicians and the conservative way of thinking that inhibits change from taking place.

Many conservatives are motivated by strong religious beliefs and they try their hardest to entrench the laws of their religion into the laws of the government and force them on everybody. I try to help by voting against right wing conservative politicians in every election and by supporting organizations such as Americans United For Separation of Church and State, National Organization for Women, and American Civil Liberties Union.

We can take pride in the progress that our society has made over time. But it hurts me to even think about the future change in America if just one or two liberal Supreme Court justices are replaced by conservatives. I've followed another topic on this board - the loss of San Onofre as a clothing optional beach. We can consider it's loss to be a "warning shot" about what happens when zealots have their way and force their own personal conservative beliefs on everyone.

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