Why are "small government" conservatives so obsessed with the gays?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

They're not small government...Just government that agrees with their view on the world.

If they were small government they'd allow people to marry who they please and end the war on drugs.

The bolded is a straw man.

Advocates for "small government" have never said that government should be idle (i.e. "small") in all public policy areas. Mostly, conservatives speak of "small government" in the context of economic matters, such as decreased regulation, fewer entitlements, less spending, and lower taxes. That part of the ideology is implicit in the phrase, "Small government."

In matters of security, on the hand, conservatives believe that government should be active (i.e. big).

Unless you faithfully represent the position of "small government" advocates, then you can't truly have a discussion about "small government" advocates.

then y'alls should pick a name that accurately reflects that.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I can give the small government answer to this. The concept is that the family should be able to look after itself and it's own members and not the state. Homosexual 'marriage' doesn't do anything that Families in general do - it's not self sustaining, you don't have a second generation - so you end up with two older people without younger folks willing to help in. Who do they turn to? The state.

you know that there are roundabout half a million unadopted children in foster care in america, right?