Ebbie-The people who are changing things in the U.S. are not conservatives. They are reactionaries. Most of the Republican leadership, and a frightening number of voters, are likewise reactionaries, who do not wish merely to stop change but turn it back. They want Cold-War era defense policy, except with no USSR to get in the way. They want HUAC-style political censorship, and a return to "family values" based on 17th-century Puritan idealism. A true conservative should be just as appalled by this as any liberal.

Since personal stands on issues are being requested, I believe that:

The First Amendment includes the right to absolutely any kind of speech or expression, forbiddable only when real and foreseable harm is caused thereby (i.e., saying that the war is wrong is legitimate, revealing classified DOD strategy on primetime is not), and guarantess no governmental involvement with any sort of religion or religious establishment.

I don't trust anyone else in the world to own a gun, so I would prefer absolute gun control, but hell if I'm going to be the only one not packing.

The United States has no right to intervene in the affairs of other countries, unless they explicity ask for our involvement or pose a direct, imminent, and PROVABLE threat to our well-being or that of our allies.

A right to privacy exists which under no conditions can be violated without probable cause, and the right to a fair, speedy, and public trial cannot be abridged.

The government has an obligation to its citizens to ensure that all necessities, including food, shelter, health care, and education, are accessible to everyone.