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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I never said that the government should force my religious beliefs or anyone else's on others. I simply said that to say that government doesn't or shouldn't legislate morality is not an accurate statement.
That is why prostitution, underage drinking, public lewdness, beastiality, incest, rape, robbery, polygamy, etc are illegal.
At the core of it, you must have some moral code to your society. If you are going to say it is a free for all, then that is called anarchy, not libertarianism.
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Those things aren't legislated because of "morality." Those things are legislated as they infringe on the rights of others. Rape, robbery, beastiality, public lewdness. Underage drinking is because the child is not of mature mind yet. Incest is legislated because of the risks against birth defects.
Polygamy, I dunno why, making that illegal is contrary to thousands of years of God's word....
Bottom line, it's not "morality," it's infringement of other's rights.