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Look at it like this. If Jehovah`s Witnesses were in charge of the Government and started legislating against Christmas, Birthdays and blood transfusions, what would you do? You would probably scream bloody murder, as would I. The same principle applies when I see Christians who want to legislate how I live my by their standards.
This topic comes up frequently on FreeRepublic. Why is it so hard for you to understand?

ACTUALLY sometimes I think more of me is Libertarian than not. . . . however. . .

It seems to me your argument ASSUMES that there is NO Ultimate Authority; NO perfect law; NO Ultimate standard of morality, no Ultimate Accountability.

Or, you might say--Oh, there is, but I disagree on where to draw the line.

Certainly where to draw the line can be a sticky wicket. But there is some interesting evidence that touches on all this. . . . Crime varies inversely with church attendance--statistics back for 200 years, if I recall accurately, attest to this in every study done on it. Do we legislate church attendance? I don't think that would work, for one. I don't think it would help. I think God looks on the heart as tooooo big a priority.

If you were aware that homosexuality above a miniscule proportion of a population resulted in lack of rain; drought for extended years--would you consider that a harm to others?

If you studied the lives of homosexuals with more or less endless short time stands; high suicide; high depression etc. . . and concluded that homosexuality was not the big thrill some media and other lobbyists made it out to be--and that seduction/recruitment was much higher of minors than heterosexual such was--would you consider it then a harm to others?

If you considered that easy divorce; abortion; welfare excesses; alcoholism etc. undermined the family unit and thereby society resulting in higher crime, higher disease rates, higher violence, higher disregard for human life; higher disregard for commitments, responsibility and higher aversion to doing the right thing in relationships and society--would you consider that a harm to others?

It seems to me your argument ASSUMES that there is NO Ultimate Authority; NO perfect law; NO Ultimate standard of morality, no Ultimate Accountability.

That is really the guts of the whole argument isn`t it? You believe in the ultimate authority of God. I respect that and I have absolutely no problem with it. I on the other hand am unsure. Just as you believe in the absolute authority of God, many people don`t believe in God. They believe that when you die you return to non-existence, game over. I also respect their right to believe that, it is their choice. I think that you may well be correct, and if so, on my judgement day, I will have a lot to answer for. Many people believe that they will not experience judgement day. Do you respect that?