Once upon a time America was peopled with folks that Edmund Burke referred to as follows:
'They were Protestants “of that kind which is most adverse to all implicit submission of mind and opinion,” and their dissent from the Anglican Church not only favored liberty, it was “built upon it.” '
Now, there are far too many who march in lock step, as you seem to.
In November you'll see folks who bridle at being told what to do, march to the voting booths...
You are sadly mistaken and have not understood a word in any of the posts I wrote. I do not walk in lockstep with anyone. I have sent protest letters against each of these acts where government has over stepped the bounds.
If anyone walks in lockstep it is the religious mind that has an entire rule book to lead them by the nose.
Let's see if I can educate you as to the 'religious mind.'
Religion and morality are not accepted as regulating society because it is written in a book.
No, it is millennia of human experience that is codified, and been proven successful.
There is an illusion that is the basis of progressive philosophy, that with the right government, men will be persuaded to behave as angels. For conservatives, though, men will always behave as they do, with envy, greed and covetousness. The best we can do is create government with requisite checks and balances that assumes the imperfect nature of man, a human nature that is not perfectible.
The purpose of religion and morality is to limit the corrosive influences of human nature. The purpose of law is to control the destructive actions which spring from said nature.
In other words a self-imposed check to ensure society from total breakdown as Human nature is known and history demonstrates time in memoriam.
All is required to adhere is HONOR, and honorable people.