Kat wrote:

"Yes, I know this may sound simplistic: plenty of people whom I consider to be conservatives work together to ensure each other's rights. An example of what I am trying to say is there are many liberals who would work to ensure gay and lesbians may marry whomever they wish, regardless of thier own sexual preference, so that, if heterosexual, they are campaigning in a true alruistic sense. As a contrast to that, I would opine conservatives who campaign to limit a woman's right to choose, are motivated by their own control over someone else, reagrdless of their gender."

I think that's a valid point Kat,(ie: you'll get flack) and puts in a simple way what I might have taken 3 awkward paragraphs to say.

The whole "hot button" thing is certainly connected to where you live. In Ontario, prayer in schools, gun registration, fetal termination, etc. are "mildly warm" buttons at best. In Alberta....hot, hot, hot. The "hottest button" here is "work for welfare" with "the young offenders act" a close second. Quebec seperation which was THE ISSUE a couple of years ago is practically non-existant now.

Nice to know that Mudcat can still at times be more informative than the morning papers.

Rick