TODAY’S “RIGHT-WING” ARE NOT TRUE CONSERVATIVES!

 

Today’s extreme “right-wingers” have no concept of true conservative philosophy and should NOT be called “conservatives”.

The political agenda of the so-called “Evangelicals” of the religious right is contrary to true conservative policy.

Abortion, homosexuality or same-sex marriage are NOT conservative issues – they are religious issues.

The ability OF an individual to own an assault rifle or AK-47 or the like is not part of the Second Amendment protection – and an assault rifle ban is perfectly allowable under any interpretation of the Second Amendment.  Protecting an individual’s right to own an assault rifle is NOT a true conservative policy.

Nobody can doubt that Barry Goldwater was a true conservative.  Here are a few of his quotes-

“I've never used an automatic or semi-automatic for hunting. There's no need to. They have no place in anybody's arsenal.”

“Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy.”

“The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.”

“I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process.”

“I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?”

“A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.”

“The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives. Government governs best when it governs least – and stays out of the impossible task of legislating morality. But legislating someone’s version of morality is exactly what we do by perpetuating discrimination against gays.”

“You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.”

“Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.”

“The big thing is to make this country quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They're American citizens.”