It is now clear that many so-called “evangelical Christians” are not conservatives at all. They are only “conservative” in that they don’t agree with the kind of nanny state the liberals are running, and they are trying anything they can to implement the nanny state they want with their rules. Huckabee is giving them their chance. The fact that all you need to do is add legalizing abortion to Huck’s record and he is the perfect socialist flies right over their head.
Did you just figure that out? Societies die of moral suicide, not socialism. The real reason the Soviet Union failed was atheism, not socialism.
‘Social conservative’ is a misnomer. Many are not conservative at all - they just oppose values held by many liberals.
Many ‘social conservatives’ don’t fear the Nanny State - they just want to be the ones hiring the Nanny.
If worshiping God is the most important part of your life, you want small government. Only by allowing others the right to live in ways we don’t approve can we assure ourselves of the right to live and worship in opposition to their beliefs.
But many evangelicals either don’t understand that, or don’t care - but a government powerful enough to run other peoples’ lives is powerful enough to run yours as well. And all it takes is one election to change the course...