[marsh2]

Libertarians are “strict constructionists” of the Constitution. That is why they have many things in common with conservatives - other than “cultural conservatives” who want to impose their idea of religious morality as an official government standard.

Libertarians are for protection of individual rights against the majority.

[DiogenesLamp]

Libertarians are “strict constructionists” of the Constitution. That is why they have many things in common with conservatives - other than “cultural conservatives” who want to impose their idea of religious morality as an official government standard.

The Republican Party was founded to abolish Slavery. This is one of those acts of "imposing their ideas of Religious Morality" on others. No doubt you disapprove of their success in so doing.

Roe v. Wade is cut from the same cloth as Dred Scott v. Sanford: Certain classes of people are property.

Libertarians are for protection of individual rights against the majority.

Unless those individuals are not considered persons. Then they have no rights.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Actually the strict constructionist would point out that questions of public morality are reserved to the states by the tenth amendment. There are things in the Constitution which don't really comport with libertarianism. For example what is the libertarian justification for federally-run post offices? If it were up to libertarians we would not have the Constitution at all. We could have just kept the Articles of Confederation. The ratification of the Constitution greatly expanded the powers of the central government.