You're speaking of the moment. The rest of us are speaking of the future. Our best hope is that the Chinese people will rise and demand a democratic revolution. Because a democratic China means three critical things: 1) No war with the US 2) Along with democratic India, democracy really will have won history 3) The inherent imperialism and belligerence of the Islamic world will be contained until it too reforms and becomes democratic.

Getting elected is job 1. After that social conservatives can make their voices heard.

You're a good example of the uncivility I bemoan. Yes, Adamas did say that and it's a good point. But he suggests this is a matter he'd generalize to other locales as well.

Part 2 Question to those who proselytize: If Muslims were daily approaching you on campus or at a work environment to convert and regardless abide Sharia, would you not find that harassment? (And yes, I know Adams describes a situation with only one incident.) At a certain point wouldn't you feel they should back off? And if they refused wouldn't you feel that university administration or bosses at work should ask them to stop? And if they didn't wouldn't feel pressure should be brought to bear? Sometimes it's civility vs right to free speech. Free speech should generally win. But civility should have its victories too, even when the theatre isn't burning.

Part 1 (part 2 below) Ultimately one has to side with free speech. So I'm with Adams. Nonetheless, it seems the religious individual was telling someone gay that their lifestyle was sinful (and maybe it was no more than a discrete monogamous relationship). Were I gay, and i am not, I could deal with that one occasion. But were i accosted with it regularly that would be a different matter - it would be one of harassment. And harassment can be very unpleasant. In this case Adams says the religious person would have let it go after only once. That's unlikely. Those who deem themselves saving souls seldom can let one kick at the can suffice. A mission from G-d has, as they see it, more staying power than that.

In fact most Republicans are moderate. It is the Democrats who are the extremists, as they undermine the foundational principles that made western civilization the pinnacle of human achievement. In particular, they have cast aside rights based on the individual in favour of group rights. In so doing they have not only set us back to an uglier, far less free, era, but they have divided the nation by playing groups off against one another. In foreign policy the logical outcome of Democrat thinking (multiculturalism, affirmative action, relativism) is an American president bowing to wicked dictators who are ideological enemies of the west. This, and Greece`s bankruptcy and rioting, speak clearly to the left`s failures.

Reminds me of Woody Allen's sanguine comment 3 years ago that Obama had fixed the economy and could now go on to fix the rest of the country. With the debt Obama has created,a debt that will weigh down the nation for generations, the economy has limited room for improvement. Only a serious fiscal conservative president can get the nation on the right trajectory, which will restore confidence and improve growth numbers. Obama can only, and has shown already that he will, make it worse and worse and worse.

For sure. Maybe even as the presidential nominee at a brokered convention.

Would you prefer we came up with unbeatable candidates? Surely you realize Obama is destroying the nation, inexorably transforming us...into Greece.

Marco Christie West Any combination of the above.