[mhking]

Shouldn't those approaches be the preferred method for a conservative to push social values, as opposed to resorting to the apparatus of the Federal Government?

I prefer enforcing the law.

[LexBaird]

I prefer enforcing the law.

Until relatively recently, the law said you had to ride at the back of the bus. When you cede the Government the authority to enforce and impose social values by statute, what happens when those statutes are written that destroy societal fabrics?

"Hate Crime" laws exist that penalize actions rooted in some social attitudes worse than the same actions rooted in mere greed. Suppose some city council defines participation in FR as a "Hate Crime"? Suppose some court decides public bestiality is a "civil right"? Suppose some government bureau decides you must hire a convicted pedophile to meet a diversity quota?

[CSM]

"I prefer enforcing the law."

Do you feel the same way about all laws? Abortion laws? Or do you feel some laws are just, while others are unjust?