I don’t expect everyone in the TEA Party to agree with me on social issues, but it seems that there would be agreement that the federal government has no business _funding_ abortion, ESCR, anti-Christian art, or removing “conscience” clauses for hospitals and doctors. I do believe that life begins at conception, but I don’t think “life from conception” legislation is likely (and would be ignored like the 55 mph speed limit of the ’70s). An overturning of Roe would put the issue back in the states’ laps where it belongs.
There is data indicating that children do best in a home where their parents are married to each other, living under the same roof, and of the opposite sex, so I think a state should be able to promote this family unit if they believe this data (by promoting hetero-only marriage, abstinence, etc). Conversely, if a state believes data to the contrary, it would allow same-sex marriage, easy divorce, etc. Although, if “usual legal benefits” is the only thing same-sex couples are after, it would be a lot less controversial if states merely offered “long-term roommate” registration and left the institution of marriage to churches etc, separating legal from religious aspects.
I’m pro-life as all get-out, but if I wanted to kill off all the liberals, I’d push gay marriage, abortion, contraception, euthanasia in states like Vermont, Massachusetts, California, Illinois, New York, etc. and watch them slowly go away, losing electoral votes all the while.
