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Legislating Morality
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RE: Legislating Morality
Yes and no. It's really a subjective issue.

Certain legislative moves do attempt to legislate morality and are successful. Such moves involve civil rights issues. Certain legislation has made discrimination against blacks or more recently gays, illegal. Historically with the black civil right issues, legislation came before the moral social stance changed. Gay marriage is currently in the process of being legislated while public opinion is mostly against it. I believe that once Gay marriage is fully legal across the board in this country, public opinion will change and most will look back and recognize how immoral it is to prevent gays from enjoying the same freedoms that straight people do.

On the other hand, people tried to make alcohol illegal and that failed miserably. Prohibition eventually ended and gradually blue laws are being stripped away. It used to be illegal to purchase alcohol on Sunday in Massachusetts. That changed a few years ago.

It really depends on the issue.
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Legislating Morality - by rjh4 - July 19, 2010 at 3:26 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Scented Nectar - July 19, 2010 at 4:02 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by The Omnissiunt One - July 19, 2010 at 4:35 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Paul the Human - July 19, 2010 at 5:00 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Minimalist - July 19, 2010 at 7:02 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Cego_Colher - July 19, 2010 at 11:08 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by lrh9 - July 20, 2010 at 2:34 am
RE: Legislating Morality - by rjh4 - July 20, 2010 at 10:40 am
RE: Legislating Morality - by Paul the Human - July 20, 2010 at 1:44 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by rjh4 - July 20, 2010 at 2:28 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Paul the Human - July 20, 2010 at 2:52 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by rjh4 - July 20, 2010 at 3:29 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by padraic - July 20, 2010 at 8:13 pm
RE: Legislating Morality - by Eilonnwy - July 23, 2010 at 11:19 am
RE: Legislating Morality - by padraic - July 23, 2010 at 6:40 pm

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