‘Reason is libertarian. Incidentally, that’s the same argument of the GOP front-runner and of Fred Thompson as well. Let the states decide.’
Yes, I know Reason is libertarian. My point was that of all the “kinds” of conservatives out there, religious conservatives/social conservative/traditional conservatives, who hold this issue most dear, are the least likely to turn to a libertarian magazine or federalist(or small goverment) solutions.
The way to solve that dilemma is to ask the simple question: Which ought to have the heavier weighting, federalism, or the right to life as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights? Anything more complex than that amounts to sophistry and manipulation of reality/science.
Reason Magazine is a good source of arguments against lifestyle naziism like anti-smoking laws or in favor of free market solutions like unregulated jitneys as a cheaper and more efficient transportation system than Ron Paul's beloved trolleys and buses but libertarianism has few real solutions to major problems. If libertarians think that the world would be better off under libertarian solutions, then let us by all means advance the little stuff like jitneys and property rights for restaurant and bar owners to allow or not allow smoking on their own property and then advance libertarianism on similar matters until it becomes something of a default position.