[BenKenobi]

“That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”

Let me ask you something, 2D Vet.

Do you believe that a culture that elevates personal autonomy as the primary good, is one that has any respect for religious faith?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Does Santorum really understand what Tea Partiers are getting at? It’s not an ultra-Paulish vision (and by the way somehow Christianity got along just fine side by side with alcohol and pot in the first 150 years of this country’s life). I don’t think he groks it, any more than he groks that the 2nd amendment is more than hunters!!

[2ndDivisionVet]

Let me ask you something: Do you want the president’s personal religion to determine what you and I can do? Right now we have an anti-American Mohammadan and may soon have a Mormon or hard-shell Catholic (Rick) in the White House. Are you ready to give 10% of your gross household income to Salt Lake City?

[Mariner]

"Do you believe that a culture that elevates personal autonomy as the primary good, is one that has any respect for religious faith?"

I'll answer for 2D: A culture can be, or not, without the help or hindrance of government. Government, in this nation, has a very specific and limited role at the Federal level.

This is where Santorum gets it wrong. He would take the very same statist approach at the federal level as the godless commies. He would insist all moral issues be decided at the federal level.

This is ABSOLUTELY contrary to the Constitution and the original intent of the founders.

Our Federal government is prohibited from establishing a religion or preventing the free exercise thereof.

The question of religious faith should not be in it's lexicon.

[Smokin' Joe]

Do you believe that a culture that elevates personal autonomy as the primary good, is one that has any respect for religious faith?

Yes!

Religious faith is a choice. If you don't make that choice, you aren't there. God has given man the freedom to come to Him, to choose to live a good life, to embrace the Love of God, and ultimately, to seek to be one with Him--or not.

You can legislate all you want, but the choice is up to the individual.

One who will live a 'Godly' life will do so without laws to force them to, and one who will not, will not despite any laws, be they secular or sacred.