[Augustinian monk]

Your right. Sodomy parades in all the major cities shows the progress we have made from the bad ol’ days. /s

[Polybius]

The Puritans may have been many things but champions of "liberty for the individual" they certainly were not. If an individual in the Puritan theocracy acted strange in the opinion of the Puritan ayatollahs, that individual was a dead man or a dead woman walking.

Your right. Sodomy parades in all the major cities shows the progress we have made from the bad ol’ days. /s

In the "bad ol' days" of the Puritans, you and your wife would have been executed if my daughter decided to be a Drama Queen, roll around on the ground and then accuse you and your wife of being a warlock and a witch.

Given the choice between the two societies, I'll take weirdos marching in the streets over the local the Religious Police having life or death power over me. If you admire such a theocratic society, you can live in one today by moving to Iran.