Personal and public immorality are two sides of the same coin. If you cheat on your wife, you're not likely to be scupulous of the public welfare. The same excuses come to mind to justify violating both. And in today's culture, the hero is someone who flaunts society's rules. It had to be admitted liberals are consistent in their love of sinners whether rich, poor or rotting in a dank prison cell.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus