[Brugmansian]

social conservatives are actually closet nanny staters...

Not at all. The essence of social conservativism, of conservatism in general, is that the culture, not the state determines the success of a society. Do social conservatives want more taxes? No. More regulations? No. More funding for government schools? No, they want vouchers and they home school.

[joe fonebone]

"Do social conservatives want more taxes? No. More regulations? No. More funding for government schools? No, they want vouchers and they home school."
Lets take this apart...You say you do not want more taxes, yet feel that laws that are causing the need for more funding are OK, and should not be repealed. You feel the need to regulate my morals, regardless of what they be, to suit your own agenda. The only way to do this, on a federal level, is to raise taxes to pay for it. As for regulations, the above explains that you are actually for more regulations, not less, so as to keep what goes on in my house your business. I am in agreement with you about schools. The feds have no place here, it is a states issue.