The conservative/libertarian alliance: what are the conservatives willing to offer?

Michael Sutcliffe comments on the relationship between conservative and libertarians.

Here's a test for the libertarian/conservative alliance:

• Australians want voluntary euthanasia.
• We've got a senator who wants to ban the burka.
• Conservatives are worried about gay adoption.

There's no secret that libertarians, on principle, won't feel completely comfortable with the Liberal position on these issues. Banning clothing, treating people differently under law because of their sexuality, and denying someone the ownership of their own life doesn't seem all that principled or smart to our side of this 'broad church'.