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Old 09-13-2007, 09:06 AM   #57 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fxashun View Post
Not all laws have a measurable benefit. Some are just based on the fact that some things are simply wrong. Like murder/homicide/killing.
Murder/homicide are illegal because they cause chaos in society. Order in society is a measurable benefit. An orderly society has rules to maintain order. A secular society has rules to maintain order, but NO rules declaring right and wrong. A secular government has no obligation to enforce one sect's particular views of morality.

In order to be effective, a law must have a consensus in society. We have seen what happens when prohibition outlawed alcoholic beverages and fuel-saving speed laws were passed.

How does abortion effect order in society?
The greatest danger to liberty lurks in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

--Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis