New Hampshire

[briancw]

It's becoming a lot more Democratic. The only really conservative part is Rockingham and Hillsborough counties, which happen to account for most of the population. Where I live (Rockingham county) is definitely very conservative, but the western part is pretty liberal. The people aren't socially conservative. But they really hate taxes. Which doesn't make sense when you're paying 3500 in property taxes just to save an income tax. But anyways, it's not as conservative as she described.

[briancw]

Who could be sick of liberalism!

[briancw]

I think the conservatives, i.e the Bush administration are the ones doing most of the curtailing of freedom here. Restricting marriage, The Patriot Act, new stem cell research blocks...I think the conservative leadership has done much more to cut back on freedom than Democrats have done, or tried to do. Just my opinion.

[briancw]

Of course there is no prohibition of research, on the EXISTING stem cell lines that is. There is definitely blocks in place to prevent the creation of new stem cell lines.

As for the marriage issue, it isn't clear to me how the two can be said to be unequal. They're both the exact same thing and should be regarded as equal.

[briancw]

Biology doesn't have anything to do with the relationship. Marriages between sterile people are still marriages.

[briancw]

I think I am too liberal for this forum.

[briancw]

They aren't people.

[briancw]

I will revise that. They aren't any more intelligent and don't have any more feeling than inanimate objects.