Conservatives are reactionary. Per deffinition they oppose progression of the world.
This is pretty much informed simplicity at this point. Stop derping around with definitons who fail to encapsulate reality, you miss the point:
You fail to move on? Conservative! No matter how you slice it.
Whenever some GOP smooth-brain spews something about gay marriage being a sin, remember that this thing was illegal for some time. That thankfully changed, but their minds didnt.
They are stuck in a past that no longer should exist but they crave nonetheless: