The Liberal mindset seems to think that it is OK for a 12-year old girl to get contraceptive devices without parental knowledge or permission but it is not OK for that same girl to buy cigarettes. Think about that for a minute. On the one hand in the Liberal mindset the girl is capable of making adult decisions for herself but on the other the Liberal mindset demands that the 12-year old girl be protected from herself because she is not capable of making adult decisions on her own.
These two contradictory beliefs can exist side by side in the Liberal mind without that person never noticing or acknowledging the contradictory rationalizations for governmental interference.