The trouble with the government spurring moral progress is that one person's morals are not necessarily another person's morals. As I stated earlier, morals are a reflection of religion. Christian morals differ from Islam morals which differ from Buddhist morals which differ from Shinto morals. So which morals should government spurr along?
Also, pre-marital sex IS detrimental to everyone. Unless you think teenage pregnancy, single parenthood and the world wide spread of sexually transmitted diseases aren't detrimental. The point is that its a reflection of personal choice. The fact that gay marriage is rebuffed while pre-maritial sex is accepted is a reflection of bigotry masking as reason, not high moral ideals.
But I guess some people will just continue to be more free than others as long as we continue to try and legisate morals relative to Christian beliefs in a supposed secular society.
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