[Antoninus]

Most conservatives are both fiscally and socially conservative.

Some disingenuously try to claim that social conservatives are more like authoritarian liberals. This is a lie meant to prise social conservatives out of the GOP.

Social conservatives are for self-government. If a small town votes to outlaw strip-clubs from their town center, they have a right to do it without interference from the federal government and the ACLU.

Social conservatives also oppose the imposition of immorality (i.e., gay "marriage") upon an unwilling populace via the courts. Hence, the reason we support enshrining traditional marriage within the Social Contract--to protect this vital and beloved institution from meddling by social engineers and homo-apologists.

Both of these positions are eminently conservative.

[Dominic Harr]

Social conservatives are for self-government. If a small town votes to outlaw strip-clubs from their town center, they have a right to do it without interference from the federal government and the ACLU.

Actually, that's not a 'social' idea, that's a political one. So I would define that as 'politically' conservative.

[ThinkDifferent]

Social conservatives are for self-government. If a small town votes to outlaw strip-clubs from their town center, they have a right to do it without interference from the federal government and the ACLU.

And if the town votes to allow prostitution or recreational drug use?