And you did defend their positions. You and I both know well that the Conservative “nusach” is not comparable to the changes made in Nusach Sephard. Getting rid of the sh’lo asani’s just to be more politically correct has no halachic basis.
As for the food, yes the authors of the Conservative Responsa books also cited old, traditional sources that brought up the points. We have a concept of majority opinion that keeps our religion together. You can’t just hold like Shammai or whoever you want whenever you like it. Multiple posters have shown that the halachah was NOT decided in favor of those leniencies, and please, just use common sense. Look where the halachic anarchism has gotten the Conservative movement: it’s dying off, baruch hashem.