NAOS had to explain his post to me, but apparently someone I've got on ignore doesn't think I have "any inkling of Republican Party ethos" in me. (NAOS's words, not sure if that was a direct quote of the ignored poster or not). So, to clarify, I'll run down a few things.
- I'm against abortion, and think it should be made illegal (with very limited exceptions)
- I'm generally in favor of smaller budgets, less government spending
- I'm generally in favor of less taxes, especially for low-to-mid income individuals
- I was very anti- gay marriage, although that ship has sailed so I no longer make a big deal about it.
- I'm very pro-religion when it comes to cases which involve balancing rights of individual's religious freedoms and views vs. responsibility to provide a public service (e.g. forcing cake makers to supply cakes at gay weddings when that goes against their religious views)
- I thought Neil Gorsuch was a great Supreme Court choice (still do, as far as I know; haven't really tracked his specific opinions)
In January I left the Republican party in disgust at their worship of all things Trump, where I had been a member since 1988. I am now a member of the United Utah party, and agree with essentially all of their platform points. See
https://www.unitedutah.org/platform. Look it over and see if it seems liberal or conservative to you. Since the Republican party itself no longer has a platform except for basically "do anything Trump says, believe anything Trump says" (
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...6c057c-e61c-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html), I can't say to what degree they agree or disagree with me on these things.
To borrow a phrase from Ronald Reagan, "I didn't leave the Republican Party. The party left me." (He said it about the Democratic Party.)