Do We Wish to "Be Conservative" Or Do We Wish to Conserve

That’s obviously a bit provocative, but I don’t think the two options have to be at war with each other. This is why it genuinely bothers me when intelligent and good-hearted people write as though they must.

The other day Ross Douthat wrote about what he, or the headline writer, calls “The new LGBT culture war.” Douthat starts by alluding to a recent G…