I’ most likely older than most of those on this blog. In the late 50′s & sixty’s a Conservative was one who was against big gov., excessive spending, socialism and was pro military. The Constitution did not need any amendments as religious convictions were are private to the individual. Like Goldwater said he would prefer a to have a soldier shoot straight than be straight, Reagan joined the Republican party from the Democrats because of Big Government and encroachment on individual rights and not his religious beliefs. Government should not be suggesting or setting laws based on any set of religious beliefs. This was want a Conservative was up to about the late 1970′s. If anything, personal freedom of the individual from government control was the common theme of being a Conservative.
