Around 6:30, he went off on a libertarian riff, tearing into crimes against society, crimes that he claims had no victims. He gave as examples laws against adultery and fornication, which are in fact, still on the books in Massachusetts. (You can get three years for adultery, six months for fornication.)
I think of myself as a libertarian, but I find I must disagree with Mr. Nelson. Society is the victim of crimes against society. As one who remembers what this country was like 50 years ago, I am not at all sanguine about the changes. The consequences of casual sex and fragile marriages are all around us and they are not good. We all suffer.
When my dear Ex decided to expand her horizons and tossed me out my house and home after twenty-two years of marriage, I counter sued for adultery with cause, got a favorable settlement.
Avi Nelson ran in the ‘78 GOP primary against the ultraliberal Ed Brooke (and nearly beat him). He never ran against Kennedy.