Conservative Atheist Positions part 3

11. Freedom of Speech/Expression: I stand firmly on the side of free speech, even when it is hateful and offensive. Anyone should be able to express any ideas they wish short of actually inciting people to commit violence or willful defamation. About the only limits to this would be things like child pornography, simulated or real and giving information to our enemies which would aid attacks on us or harm our security, but the right to be able to say in public the president is scum without fear of arrest is vital to a free society.

12. Gay Marriage: I fully support gay marriage but recognize there is not support in the Constitution for forcing the government to recognize it. I also think that this is an issue that states should deal with. If we can get a couple states to recognize gay marriage by popular mandate it will spread to other states. Judges should stay out of this and let the people decide, but I hope the people decide to legalize same-sex marriage.

13. Global Warming: It's clear global warming exists, but I'm not sure if it is the result of human activity or a natural cycle. Most scientists seem to think it is caused by humans, but a significant minority think it is not. Both sides need to be given consideration. Until the argument is decided I think we should work to reduce carbon emissions but not let it cripple the economy.

14. Guns: I fully support the right to bear arms, Americans need the right to have guns for protection, and because the second amendment gives us that right so that if the government becomes a tyranny the people can revolt. Gun control advocates will tell you that the second amendment is really about state militias, but a quick read of the second amendment will show you this is bull, " A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". They are talking about peoples' militias not government militias, government militias having guns is only common sense, there's no need to put that in the constitution.

15. Health care: There are serious flaws in America's health care system, but socialist medicine is not the answer. There are many ways the poor can get cheap if not free health care services. Many of these services are bureaucratic and overlap each other. We should start from scratch to build an efficient and working Health Welfare service that will take care of those who can't afford the health sevices they need, but keep private health care.