By Dr. Tom Snyder As you may know, the United States Senate has narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment to protect the traditional biblical definition of marriage. In reading and hearing about the debate in Congress and elsewhere, it has become clear that many self-proclaimed conservatives and Republicans, including Sen. John McCain, don’t know what they are talking about when it comes to politics, history, morality, and religion. The eminent political historian, Russell Kirk, the founder of the modern conservative movement in the United States and in the Republican Party, often wrote that the first principle of conservative thought is the...