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Conservatism often is defined as a belief in smaller, more limited and less intrusive government, but the strident moralists of the Religious Right have no problem with government intrusiveness when it comes to sexual matters and have a long history of waging war on everything from adult entertainment to homosexuality to birth control. However, Religious Right activists — whose approach would be better classified as authoritarian rather than classically conservative — don't always practice what they preach. Below are 10 of the Religious Right's most blatant hypocrites.