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"There are NO conservatives crying for NEW legislation, or the enforcement of this old legislation as your post suggests."

I was speaking in general, and was speaking to the drive to preserve laws that seek to allow government to regulate what happens in the bedrooms of American citizens.

"As a symbol of the morality this nation has strived to achieve"

Government laws do not achieve morality; individuals, families, and communities do. It is not the striking down of laws like this that bring about our present-day immorality; but rather, it's the collapse of families and communities under the strain of modern society. Without strong moral backing, the youth of today falls prey to the culture of excess and irresponsibility. Judges and Congressmen can't prevent parents from instilling good moral values in their children; only parents can do that. Unfortunately for all of us, far too many parents these days are choosing that path. We're all paying the price for it.

"I am sick of our tax dollars paying for children out of wedlock, abortion, birthcontorl and the like."

Then your problem is not with what this law was against, but rather with government overtaxation and wrongful subsidization. I agree entirely with you, and would gladly bring back Jefferson for a couple weeks so he can go through our modern government with a fine-tooth comb to rid us of all the garbage that's been packed into it over the centuries. Starve the government of its monetary intake and we'll see the problems we all have with government subsidies and welfare disolve in no time. Let's start by eliminating the income tax (with no replacement) and go on from there.

"Government laws do not achieve morality; individuals, families, and communities do."

Ah, yes. I first heard that argument 25 years ago from LIBERALS at Penn State.

Laws help to achieve and support morality all the time and always have. Once something is LEGAL whether it is in fact morally wrong, people begin to think it's okay, or at least not as wrong as they originally thought and are more likely to engage in it, which is one reason the abortion rate is so high. If you don't understand THAT, you don't understand much about human nature.