First, conservatives generally believe that there exists a transcendent moral order, to which we ought to try to conform the ways of society.
So the question for me is that does this necessarily leed to the notion that one must have a religion? No I would answer, in that I d think that is a transendent moral order on the simple premise that humans have rights, the right not to be killed unjustly etc etc

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