[jboot]

leave it to the people to choose what should be regulated based on Morality

This is a recipe for anarchy if there ever was one. I am sure that many muderers consider killing to be a moral act. If we leave it "up to them", we will be in a very dangerous place indeed.

The government regulates morality all of the time. That is the purpose of things called "laws".

[cardinal4]

I think you are misunderstanding what Im saying.S&M is not illegal,what you want to do in private is noones buisness.But if they want to make it public,I believe society is capable of choosing to patronize someone or thing based on ones own personal convictions,not a legislators moral point of view. Im not talking about things already illegal like murder.

[Koblenz]

This is a recipe for anarchy if there ever was one. I am sure that many muderers consider killing to be a moral act. If we leave it "up to them", we will be in a very dangerous place indeed.

The government regulates morality all of the time. That is the purpose of things called "laws". A completely bogus argument. Murder involves the taking of someone else's life. Thus, the government is protecting the right of the other to live. However, what many deem to be deviant sex acts between two consenting adults does not violate anyone's rights. Just because the government won't regulate private acts that hurt no one (or at least, in this case, hurts no one except those that want to be) doesn't mean that they won't regulate anything. There's a long way between bondage and murder.

[Persuasion]

The government regulates morality all of the time. That is the purpose of things called "laws".

Right on.

[Stone Mountain]

The government regulates morality all of the time. That is the purpose of things called "laws".

Some of us believe that the purpose of laws is to protect peoples' rights, not to regulate their morality...