"A good example of how a Libertarian and a Christian Conservative can differ is seen in the way they think regarding the matters of legalizing prostitution or homosexual marriage. For a Libertarian, if two or more people consent to engage in a sexual tryst there is no harm, therefore, no crime or sin.
A Christian conservative starts with an assumption that all people are created in the image of God. Sexual relations have both rights and duties that are regulated by God. For very good reasons, sexuality is restricted to marriage. When anyone engages in illicit sexual acts they debase themselves and human sexuality. Sexual anarchy has a corrosive effect on a person's soul and body while undermining God's institutions of marriage and family. Abortion, AIDS, STDS, children born to unwed mothers, etc. result from ignoring God's plan for human sexuality. All of society suffers as a result. Therefore, the state has a compelling, God-given interest to censure evil extra-marital sexual behavior and encourage natural biblical marriage.
The standard for what's right and wrong can't merely be man's opinion; that is tyranny. Rather our standards must come as the Founders taught, from the laws of nature and of nature's God. A healthy view of individual liberty is a hallmark of conservatism, but it is not to be taken to the radical extremes of libertarianism". (DefendChristians.org)
A Christian conservative starts with an assumption that all people are created in the image of God. Sexual relations have both rights and duties that are regulated by God. For very good reasons, sexuality is restricted to marriage. When anyone engages in illicit sexual acts they debase themselves and human sexuality. Sexual anarchy has a corrosive effect on a person's soul and body while undermining God's institutions of marriage and family. Abortion, AIDS, STDS, children born to unwed mothers, etc. result from ignoring God's plan for human sexuality. All of society suffers as a result. Therefore, the state has a compelling, God-given interest to censure evil extra-marital sexual behavior and encourage natural biblical marriage.
The standard for what's right and wrong can't merely be man's opinion; that is tyranny. Rather our standards must come as the Founders taught, from the laws of nature and of nature's God. A healthy view of individual liberty is a hallmark of conservatism, but it is not to be taken to the radical extremes of libertarianism". (DefendChristians.org)
