As a veteran, much of what I see hots different. As a person raised in the church, I understand and believe that everyone is entitled to their views and beliefs even when they are different from mine but especially when they are different from mine. The thing for me is that I seek to understand why you have the viewpoint that you have. And then I seek to determine if any part of your viewpoint would give me pause in my own viewpoint. Because that means that I would have to rethink some things. There are many situations in which one will think their stance is based upon valid reasons, but the validity of those reasons are subjective to interpretation. Even though I am firmly entrenched on one side of the fence, I have no fear of coming up to the fence.