#1: I think I can safely qualify myself as a conservative that is not of a particular faith. I suppose you could call me agnostic, (although I’m not foolish enough to declare there is no God, what if I’m wrong?). I don’t feel that I’m ever alienated by the Republican party or conservatives because I lack a divine influence or faith as the foundation of my political ideology. As a federalist I can spend all day arguing about how Roe V. Wade was a violation of choice and freedom even though I’m not pro-life or even an opponent of abortion. I have no moral or religious objections to same sex marriage but I find myself firmly aligned with my religious brethren in my support for the Federal Marriage Amendment. I don’t need to know what the Bible says about homosexuality to know that the various federal protections for marriage make it easier for parents to raise children and that marriage shouldn’t be corrupted to do something that it isn’t designed to do.

#2: One more, if you’re counting. I suspect that we are few enough that it really isn’t worth counting us (maybe in Leftist areas we reach the double digits in percent of the population?). I’m very much a member of the party of death, and I am a tepid supporter of gay marriage, but am an ardent supporter of federalism and judges like John Roberts and Clarence Thomas, and so can’t support leftists. Huge fan of guns, the death penalty, and Reaganite economics and foreign policy.

RP: By the way, what’s the best term to refer both to agnostics and atheists? “Faithless” seems too negative, “bright” too propagandistic. Do agnostics and atheists consider “unbeliever” better than “non-believer,” or vice-versa? When I was agnostic, I didn’t take my own unbelief seriously enough to consider this question.