Rusty Reno is right in saying that social conservatives should take the lead in American conservatism. The reason why is plain.
Unlike the libertarians, we have a substantive account of the good to which we think society should tend. Unlike the alt-right, our account of common life is not itself a rejection of centuries of Christian teaching and a reversion to paganism. Unlike the Intellectual Dark Web, our account really does attack the central problems that confront our nation rather than merely appearing to confront them.
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