Libertarianism is a secular defense mechanism against evil; a moral Christian society can tolerate and survive big government much better than a purely secular one due to the limits built into Christian morality. Those limits will be violated from time to time, Man being fallen, but the centuries-long history of hundreds of Christian near-absolute rulers who never once engaged in the sort of routine butchery of their people that secular irreligious rulers regularly do shows that it is secular and immoral societies that are the most in need of libertarian government.
Most folks that I've talked to about libertarian philosophy conflate libertarianism with either anarchism or libertine-ism. Libertarianism isn't about not having any laws, it's about not having laws that have no business being passed in the first place. Ron Paul provides an example with his performance at the Value Voter's debate in 2008.
The question was, 'Should the US pass a constitutional amendment officially making marriage between a man and a women?' Every candidate except Paul answered 'Yes', and there were audible gasps from the audience.
You see, Ron Paul recognizes that the government has no business being involved in marriage at all, so why would he advocate for a constitutional amendment? Government's already involved much more than it has any business being.
Anyway, read Vox' post, and the comments .... he does a much better job than I.
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