[Thane_Banquo]

I think maybe you have law confused with religion.

Cute.

The original post I was replying to said government should not regulate morality. All laws are based on regulation of moral issues. Murder is a moral issue. Rape is a moral issue. Tax evasion is a moral issue.

If we didn't want government regulating morality, we would have to get rid of government altogether.

[Dan from Michigan]

If we didn't want government regulating morality, we would have to get rid of government altogether.

What? That doesn't even make sense. Government's main job is to protect private property.

[-YYZ-]

"If we didn't want government regulating morality, we would have to get rid of government altogether."

Really, I thought the reason we had laws and governments was that the alternative is anarchy. The majority of the laws you mention may represent some general sort of morality of the "golden rule" type, but not necessarily a codification of traditional Judeo-Christian morality.

[oreolady]

I'm real late on this thread, but can anyone tell me this:
Now any adult can have sodomized sex in the park and not be arrested?
Anyone?