What determines Conservatism anymore? Socially Conservative, Fiscally Conservative, Constitutionally Conservative, All three? This is what we must determine if we are to put up a unified front. I don't know what the correct answer is for all of us, but I know what the correct answer is for me as I sit here and watch this great nation destroyed by an elitist federal government and a Federal Reserve that is beyond reproach.
Seeking the answer takes me back to the Constitution. I want government out of my personal decisions: what to eat, whether I may purchase firearms, where and how I can travel, what house I can build and where, the list is endless. Our endless parade of taxes and surcharges are killing us - all in the name of paying for an ever growing and ever stiffling government. Enough! The Constitution set forth the limits of government and for me, that is where the line is drawn.
Seeking to increase government intrusion on personal or states' rights in the name of morality or otherwise is by definition un-Constitutional. I want these decisions handled at the state, local or family level. I don't want the government to demand that all citizens own a firearm anymore than I want a government that says we cannot. The slippery slope was reached long ago when we moved away from Constitutional limits. The definiation of freedom for all will likely include accepting someone's right to engage in an act that we personally do not support. Does our right to end such acts supercede another's right to engage in them?
Conservatism 101:
The United States was founded on Judeo-Christian values. It was not founded on secular humanist values.
“Does our right to end such acts supercede another’s right to engage in them?”
That’s where morality comes in.