[xzins]

if so-cons publicly embraced the libertarian live-and-let-live roots of conservatism

Christian conservatives realize that sin is a word for "that which injures." Sometimes, grossly injures.

Yourself, others, your family, your community, your relationship with God.

Or you can say to the alcoholic: "Live and let live, bubba."

Better yet, conservatives would better explain HOW something injures and is an unhealthy choice.

[wagglebee]

Telling conservatives to “embrace libertarianism” is the same as telling them to quit being conservatives.

[steve-b]

Or you can say to the alcoholic: "Live and let live, bubba."

In 1919, the government said to the alcoholic, "You Are Forbidden To Do That!"

It took only a dozen years for the government to acknowledge its error -- and for the government to EVER acknowledge error proves what a BIG error it was -- and go back to the true conservative stance that personal matters are none of its business.