And this is why I am a conservative.
the thousands of years of tradition that might be there for a really good reason.
And this is why I am a conservative.
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Me, too.
Bird’s nests and eggs are protected by modern conservationists so that the species will not become extinct. But human children are regarded by modern leftists as not needing the same kind of protection. The reason that the union of a man and a woman has been protected in law is so that the future generations of the human race will grow into civilized human beings.
Rinse and repeat, generation after generation, or sink into the alternative - where the entire country comes to replicate what has happened in many of our inner cities - where Big Daddy Government has become the support of the children there - and too many of these children to not grow into productive citizens.
And this is why I am a conservative.
Progressives and Libertarians are much the same as to the means -they both want government tyranny and as such are both leftists. Where they differ is in the ends. Progressives wish for complete government control while Libertarians simply seek government imposed Anarchy.
What of social order -what of common law, tradition, and institutions time tested such as marriage? Progressives wish to transform while Libertarians wish to abandon...
That is why I am a conservative.
As to marriage -government is tasked with promoting and protecting the institution. NOT transforming it -NOT abandoning it.