If given a choice between a government that promotes morality but is ambivalent about freedom, and a government that promotes freedom but is ambivalent about morality, which would you choose?
If you pick morality, you lose both. Because a government ambivalent about freedom will always become tyrannical, and a tyrannical government will soon find itself unable to tolerate morality. That level of power is corrupting, and eventually the “morality” the government preserves will not be one you recognize. Does this situation sound familiar? It should.
If you choose a government that preserves your freedom, then you will find yourself responsible for preserving your own morality. That is difficult, but it is something people have been known to accomplish from time to time, and we have several non-governmental institutions that were created to help.
Choose freedom. It is the moral choice.
