I love it when people think that Government should be just small enough to fit in peoples bedrooms.

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What business of it is the government's who I sleep with or what I put in my body?

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Sam

Because with no evidence what so ever, People believe you cheating on your wife will usher in the fall of the union.

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Or your wallet?

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The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish! - Frederick Bastiat

Since we are talking about the American Conservative Party, we would be talking about the Judeo-Christian tradition that is the foundation for Western Civilization, which the U.S. is part of.

So society has no collective rights? Before you start spouting off about the Founders you should note that late in the Constitutional Convention a motion was made to give Congress the power to make salutary laws, i.e., laws governing moral behavior on the part of individuals. The motion was not formally debated because the delegates were ready to go home after 4 months of grueling work. It was, however, pointed out at the Convention that the Constitution already gave Congress such power as part of its power to tax and regulate. Congress could easily ban things like narcotics and adultery and prostitution by laying such a large tax on them that no one could afford them without violating federal tax laws.

Mosaic Law, i.e., the legal foundation for Judeo-Christian societies goes back some 3400 years to around 1450BC by some counts. And even by the estimates that historians usually accept it goes back at least 3100 years.

conservatism - Definitions from Dictionary.com

Conservatism from the American Heritage Dictionary:

1. The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order.
2. A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.

From Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary:

Con*serv"a*tism\, n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

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“Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour tradition, where tradition refers to various religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs.”

Read my post regarding the motion pertaining to salutary laws which was introduced at the Constitutional Convention.

Society does not equal individuals acting as individuals. Human society is a collection of individual humans that constitutes an entity that is separate from the individuals that comprise it.

society - Definitions from Dictionary.com

noun
1. an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
2. a body of individuals living as members of a community; community.
3. the body of human beings generally, associated or viewed as members of a community: the evolution of human society.
4. a highly structured system of human organization for large-scale community living that normally furnishes protection, continuity, security, and a national identity for its members: American society.

—Synonyms 1. association, fellowship, fraternity, brotherhood, company.


a. The totality of social relationships among humans.
b. A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.
2.
An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest: a folklore society; a society of bird watchers.

Then why did the Framers of the Constitution conclude that the federal government has the power to regulate morality through its power to tax and regulate commerce?