Why I Am an American Conservative

Many religious people will find it odd that a non-religious American can be a conservative. In this essay, I attempt to make it crystal clear as to how this can be:

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American conservatives seek to conserve a classical liberal order, which includes, among many other good things, freedom of religion and freedom from the requirement to be religious. America is not a command society in any sense. It certainly is the opposite of a theocracy. Thus, any non-religious person who reads carefully and studies American political philosophy will find himself or herself becoming an American conservative.