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What Thom said. "Social morality" has everything to do with how your actions effect *other* people. We have lines in the sand for when a child moves to adulthood (sometimes fuzzy, but there is a distinction). Once someone is an adult, assuming they are "competent", what they do in the privacy of their home with other consenting adults should be of no interest to the courts as long as it does not effect others.
Say for instance that I don't think people should be able to overeat and become obese. And I could argue that their being obese has a direct effect on me (higher health care costs). Should I be able to legislate their behavior? And doesn't the bible comment on sloth and overindulgence? So I would have a moral arguement too, no?
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