Define traditional marriage. Marriage is an economic partnership. Before that it was a property transaction.
Marriage is a religious institution. The Government has NO business being involved in it. As far as being homosexual, the Christian bible, the Jewish Torah and the Islamic Qur'An forbids homosexuality. Good enough for me. (That means no gay marriage)
You are going to hate me on abortion. Fine by that. We will be arguing using personal beliefs on when life begins not logic so it is not an argument worth having.
I was ambivalent towards abortion because the standard Christian Bible never stated specifically when life begins. When I read in the Epistle of Barnabas where it was stated as one of God's laws, it changed my mind. There it specifically states that "thou shalt not kill the seed of thy womb or thy children. I rethought my stance.
Separation of church and state.
IF you can show me ANYWHERE in the Constitution that there is any separation between the Church and the Government. I'll change my mind. However, you can't!! Even the first amendment states that the Government shall not establish any religion, BUT, it also states that the Government will NOT prohibit the FREE exercise thereof. This separation of church ans state comes from a letter that Jefferson wrote to some Baptist church about the wall of separation between the church and the state. It had nothing to do with the improper attitude that the Government is exhibiting towards Christianity today. IMO, the Government IS prohibiting the FREE exercise of...
The same thing can be said about Military contracts (I don't hate the Military) before WWII we had a history of disarming after conflicts.
That was in a world where it took a lot of time, effort and money to attack another nation. It was an attitude also prevalent to a world where Mutually Assured Destruction didn't exist. Once MAD came into the picture, we were forced to adapt. Furthermore, sure the US drew down after any war as we perceived ourselves as almost invulnerable due to our isolated location. The Japanese proved that idea wrong. Then, look at the Navy. They keep the seas open for free trade. Without free trade, we wouldn't have the things we do.
As far as the military contract thingie, Eisenhower warned of the Military Industrial Complex. However, one must look at what we've received through the MIC. A lot of the technology we rely on today is rooted in military technology.
Jefferson did not like two things. Standing armies and government sponsored banks. Looks like we got both right now.
As far as Government sponsored banks, it makes sense to have a single currency for our country. I don't know if you've ever served and been abroad, you haven't stated, but imagine, having 50 different exchange rates in ONE Nation?? As far as bailing out the banks, I don't think that's quite right. Government sponsored banks are a must to a small extent, but our current Government has gone too far.