Response to Robert V @63: So, your basic argument is that the law has nothing to do with morality or, at least, should have nothing to do with morality. Then what is the authority for declaring something in the law to be legal or illegal. Why is breaking a contractual agreement – to use your second example – deemed illegal? Who or what says?
Is the legalization of drugs and prostitution really about individual freedom and limited government? Many who argue for their legalization also want the government to regulate the practices. How does increased government regulation contribute to limited government? How is addiction to substances – controled or not – really about freedom? Do the actions of these individuals really only affect the individual? What about the person killed by someone driving or working under the influence? What about the wife and kids of the husband who goes down to the local brothel on his lunch hour?
