Thanks for the post with all the links.
“Social conservatives” need to learn that if they are truly small, limited government conservatives, like most of us, that there are ALSO limits on how far we can go to get people to not do dumb and stupid things to themselves.
I imagine some of them are the same people who became upset when they learned, from Justice Scalia’s speeches that as much as he opposes the Roe v Wade decision, he also does NOT see that the Constitution REQUIRES that abortion MUST BE illegal. His position is a pure, small government, originalist position - the Constitution is an agnostic on many “moral” positions.
”If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.“ - William Penn
If folks were not saved from the consequences of their choices at the expense of others,
they’d make a lot fewer foolish choices.