Steve Chapman on the Tyranny of the Virtuous

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Most people don't think it's their place to tell others what sort of sexual behavior is acceptable. With few exceptions, it has become a private matter of individual preference. Laws against sodomy are extinct. Divorce is easy to get. Your sex life is off-limits to government regulation. Busybodies have little impact on policy. But puritans haven't vanished, writes Steve Chapman, they've merely changed the subject.