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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Monday, April 07, 2003 :::
Law and morality:
By a vote of 26-21, North Dakota's state Senate has rejected a measure that would have repealed a 113-year-old ban on cohabitation. The Associated Press reports the law "says a man and woman may not live together 'openly and notoriously' as if they were married." Cohabitation is "listed among other sex crimes, including rape and incest."
"It stands as a reminder that there is right, and there is wrong," said Sen. John Andrist, a Republican. "Just because something can't be enforced, I don't think it necessarily means that we should feel compelled to take a position to take it off the books."
The conflation of law with morality degrades both. The pervasive belief that anything that is legal must be acceptable causes societal decay, and the imposition of laws that aren't intended for enforcement promotes a habit of law-breaking.Link from Taranto.
::: posted by dWj at 1:58 PM
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