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Quote by: Sullivan gay marriage is not a radical step. ...it is conservative in the best sense of the word. | Disagree. It isn't conservative. The traditional marriage of male/female is conservative going back thousands of years into the mists of prehistory. Conservatism is NOT CHANGING things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conserv...n_conservatism Quote: |
All conservatives value tradition. Tradition does not mean simply custom, habit or nostalgia for the past, though custom does inform tradition and sustain it. For a conservative, tradition is composed of standards and institutions that have been shown to promote the good, and therefore they find authority in tradition and apply it in politics. This authority, be it a person, a literature or a way of life, is rooted in the past, and thus cannot easily change .
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