You are also defending the concept that we should use taxes to fight prohibitionary 'wars', on porn, drugs, -- or whatever 'sin of the day' strikes your fancy. Can you admit that?
Absolutely. I am for the war on drugs and I would support a war on porn, too.
I see, -- you objected to being styled by Long Cut as a religious "conservative" then?
-- Last time I checked conservatives advocated using tax money for only essential government business.
No, I don't object to being termed a "religious conservative" at all. I consider that a high compliment.
But you objected to Long Cuts comment. Why?
Who did you check with? Did they list what they considered to be "essential government business"?
I checked the Constitution itself, and I just can't seem to find where Congress is authorized to fund prohibitionary wars. Can you?
Is there a difference between what you think of as "conservatives" and "religious conservatives"?
I've always said there shouldn't be.. I think constitutional conservatives should leave religion out of politics. That's the American way, imo.
Only that he found it hard to believe that a religious conservative could support taxes when the Bible clearly tells believers to pay taxes and even Jesus paid taxes. I think taxes are too high, but unlike libertarians I think government must fulfill it's responsibilities and taxes are necessary for that.
I checked the Constitution itself, and I just can't seem to find where Congress is authorized to fund prohibitionary wars. Can you?
Yes, Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act. Every constitutional challenge to it so far has been rejected by the courts. I don't have time to go into all of their findings, but suffice it to say, it's been pretty thoroughly challenged.
I think constitutional conservatives should leave religion out of politics. That's the American way, imo.
Impossible our very concepts of civil and criminal law rests on concepts that are religious in nature, such as the right to property and the sanctity of human life. You are asking for an artificial division that cannot exist.
The American way is that we respect the right of people to adopt their own religious beliefs and practice those as they see fit, provided that they don't interfere with other's rights.
As already demonstrated on this thread, Porn and drugs have a lot of victims. It is not protected by religious rights nor should it be.