And no I am not trying to be the "conservative cop" defining exactly who is and who isn't conservative.
But if the notion of conservative is so vague that people who believe cohabiting is good and people who believe cohabiting is bad can both call themselves conservative, then the term has no useful meaning any more.
And yes I know that I have a constitutional right to state the well-known fact that cohabitation is a bad thing. But there seems to be a certain spineless whininess among libertarians that if people actually assert their right to disdain an activity that it will eventually result in laws being enacted against such activity.
The cat is out of the bag on cohabitation. Silly people can choose this option and those silly people can claim that they are true blue conservatives. Silly people in the Catholic Church call themselves Catholics even though they support abortion and gay marriage. Silly people who call themselves Mormon support plural marriage. The list goes on and on.
The thing that we have to worry about is not a general disdain being enacted into a prohibition, but quiet in the face of absurdity metastasizing into a validation.
How conservative is it for states to subsidize health care for non-commital couples by letting them share a health plan that is otherwise only available to married couples?
Says you. I submit that I do not recognize your authority to declare any of the aforementioned FReepers being delusional.
And no I am not trying to be the "conservative cop" defining exactly who is and who isn't conservative
Perhaps you genuinely don't recognize it, but you are indeed doing just that. When you proclaim on your own authority that those who don't agree with you on this particular issue are deluding themselves that they are conservatives, you are indeed playing conservative cop.
How conservative is it for states to subsidize health care for non-commital couples by letting them share a health plan that is otherwise only available to married couples?
Are you speaking of government employees? If not, last time I checked it was up to the employer to decide who could be included on a health care plan. I oppose actions by the state to compel an employer to provide such benefits or to prohibit them. How much your employer contributes to your health care and who else it will allow on the plan should be the decision of the employer without any interference from government whatsoever. Capitalism is a wonderful conservative concept. I wish it were practiced more.