<there is no victim.>
If someone is a victim, there is generally redress through civil action. If someone cheats on their partner you could argue that there is a "victim". The question is "Should the government prevent all victimization?"
Clearly the answer is "No."
If you and I exchange presents for 10 years, and I personally decide to stop after accepting your gift on year 11, there could be a victim. Should it be a crime? Not really.
<initiative that asks me to legitimize adultery, fornication, homosexuality and bestiality>
This is a straw man in my opinion. Having no law is different that "legitimizing". We should have no law on marriage if it is religiously based. If it is religious - it is protected by the Constitution and needs no other law. As for bestiality, I've always been amused that someone can kill an animal and eat it but can't have sex with it. What if the animal doesn't mind? There are public health issues if the animal is later to be sold as food, but short of that...
I accept that my neutrality on this matter is off-center, but unless the police respond to calls of yowling from JoeBob's house, or he's doing it in full public view, I want the government to be out of it. First, I'm a civil libertarian. Second, I want laws to be created to prevent an immediate foreseeable and direct public harm. Third, minors have to be protected. Pretty much everything else should be legal (to first order). Other laws promoting the "public good and general welfare" need to be scrutinized closely with special regard for other rights. |
