> Is it possible to be socially conservative privately but socially liberal publicly? I'm thinking it's not an inconsistent worldview to believe that things like abortions and homosexuality are morally wrong, yet it is not the government's job to enforce those rules.
I'm glad you clarified what you meant, I thought your first sentence was just referring to hypocrites.
I think it's possible. Your adultery example is good; I personally think that for 99% of people, polygamy doesn't work at best, and harms at worst, but I have zero interest in the government poking its nose into people's relationships, and I'd probably vote for multiple-partner-marriage becoming a recognized legal entity like man-and-woman marriage is today.
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> Is it possible to be socially conservative privately but socially liberal publicly? I'm thinking it's not an inconsistent worldview to believe that things like abortions and homosexuality are morally wrong, yet it is not the government's job to enforce those rules.
I'm glad you clarified what you meant, I thought your first sentence was just referring to hypocrites.
I think it's possible. Your adultery example is good; I personally think that for 99% of people, polygamy doesn't work at best, and harms at worst, but I have zero interest in the government poking its nose into people's relationships, and I'd probably vote for multiple-partner-marriage becoming a recognized legal entity like man-and-woman marriage is today.