The Republican Party is not right-wing

Given the nature of this debate, I find it necessary to leave out any bashing of apposing political views or stating your own, ie, "Interracial marriage destroys the races" and your describing of the liberal movement as "radical", being not only offensive but also relative and therefor based in opinion. These kinds of things, being off topic, I feel, should not be repeated through the continuation of this debate. I hereby ask that it is agreed upon that apposing these guidelines will result in a forfeit. The views displayed in any sources shall be exempt from this guideline as the debater did not write or preform these sources, they are merely pointing to where they have obtained the information used. I would like to extend that if these are not agreed upon, I will still continue the debate, but I would hope the opponent would be so kind. I would like to begin by refuting your claim that "... around half ... support same-sex marriage. " and "Around 52% ... support The War on Terror" 39% of republicans support same-sex marriage, 58% approve of drone strikes, and 79% approve of Guantanamo bay. A reminder that Guantanamo bay was established in 2002 under the bush administration as a prison to hold "extraordinarily dangerous persons" to "interrogate" detainees. This and the rest is, since, well known. Secession is not used as a term for personal independence, as I speculate you to have meant; it instead is used in an instance of, for example, a state leaving (seceding) from it's country. Fully automatic weapons are allowed in Law Vegas, the U.S ranked first in gun ownership in 2012, and it's astonishingly similar each year. Keeping that information in mind, it's important to note that just 57% of republicans supported a bill calling for moderate background checks after the Newtown shooting. To your case about the ACA (Affordable Care Act), you're right, but not for the reason you think you are. 21 states are not excepting the medicaid expansion (25 originally), Republicans brought this ability to the table by challenging it's constitutionality in the supreme court, they succeeded in 2012 and are currently using the ruling (or similar text) to suggest that the entirety of the ACA is not voluntary to a state. So, where are you right than? All of that information points to the conclusion that the republicans are in fact fighting against the ACA. It's a republican plan proposed by Richard Nixon in 1974. For abortion, I have one word. Trap! TARGETED REGULATION OF ABORTION PROVIDERS. In short, basically these laws set up guidelines, such as forcing a clinic to rebuild or be shut down do to ever growing regulations pertaining to things such as the height of the ceiling. This is not speculation, it is admitted that this is the purpose of it. Republicans shut down a moderate right-wing immigration reform bill in the name of completely "securing our boarders." You are also right about religion, but not for the reason you think you are, and that, in itself, is debatable. It's the very first thing in the constitution; Congress shall not establish a religion. Florida, along with other states, allow religious material in public school. In closing (of this round) I will state that the most likely reason for you to think this has to do with something similar. As you move toward the millennials, you see a shift toward liberalism and liberal ideas. That does not mean that the republican party is conservative, that simply means that the conservative movement is burning out and fading away, and humanity is moving toward a more progressive system. http://www.cnn.com... http://www.pewresearch.org... http://www.pewresearch.org... http://www.pewresearch.org... http://www.washingtonpost.com... http://kaiserhealthnews.org... http://www.washingtonpost.com...