Steve Chapman on the Tyranny of the Virtuous

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.
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