Jeeze Loo-eez. As if this (or any other similar thread) would make anybody change their minds on any of this. The bottom line is this...whether you call yourself a libertarian, or a conservative, or a liberal, or whatever, odds are that you will support laws that uphold standards of behavior based on YOUR own preferences. That's human nature. It's why we have conservatives who say the gov't should regulate porn and liberals who say gay marriage (or any marriage) is a state's rights issue. Both, on the surface, contradict what would normally be expected of one with those self-given labels. Only the Libertarians might be the most consistent (but then again, they're usually the most loopy. :) I'm the same way. I am anti-illegal drug and have said so before. I have no problem with the death penalty for drug dealers. If that seemingly contradicts other stances, well, yeah it does. Anyone can come up with their own reasons why some positions contradict others with ease. And it's debatable whether those reasons are valid to others.
People support laws that uphold things they like and suppress things they don't. That's pretty much it. SOme may jump in and say, "I don't! I'm consistent! I support this and that and I oppose this and that!" Well, fine. maybe so. But if we each search our positions on every issue, we'll probably find that we ALL have one or more isues, large or small, on which our opinions contradict themselves.
We're human.
"When you get down to it, there's only one basic human right. The right to do as you damn well please. And there's only one basic human responsibility...to take the consequences." --P.J. O'Rourke.