[ilbob]

Is there something wrong with defending the second amendment while calling for nationalized health care?

yes. The constitution is very clear that there is some right to keep and bear arms. it is also very clear that the federal government has no authority to run the health care system, and is actually specifically forbidden from doing so.

Is there something wrong with arguing against the assault weapon ban, while simultaneously supporting the legalization of marijuana, and the decriminalization of all other drugs?

Both are unconstitutional.

Is it really that crazy for a non-smoker who HATES the smell of cigarettes finding it absurd to ban cigarettes from bars, and feels that the continuing increase of taxes is criminal?

if you don't like the smell, go elsewhere. let the business owner know why you left. if enough people truely cared, there would be plenty of smoke free places. the fact is that the average person just does not care.

Is it really that disturbing that an atheist thinks that Christians should be allowed to have nativity sets, that if city hall wants to put the ten commandments on the front lawn then let them, that freedom of religious expression does not equal state sponsored religion?

Few people would argue that display of religious symbols is the same thing as the sponsoring of state religion. In fact, the constitution does not, nor has it ever banned a state from establishing a religion. it only bans congress from doing so.

Is it impossible to legalize gay marriage and let the churches decide if they accept the unions?

marriage is what it is. a union between an man and a woman. You can call it gay marriage, just as you can call an apple a banana, but it does not make the apple a banana.

Can a man not stand up and say that, as a man, he does not have the right to even enter the abortion debate because, just as a white man cannot comprehend the racism a black man feels, a man cannot comprehend the concept of growing a human inside of their own body?

BS. racism works both ways. if women want to have complete control over whether they bring a fetus to term, they need to give up all rights to government mandated child support.

Can you support the troops, but not the war?

in practice it does not work out that way.