I think some people's problem is that they really have no faith whatsoever in their fellow humans. Perhaps we should pass a constitutional amendment that bans smoking, booze, and sodomy and gives the death penalty for a first offense.
We would be healthier, we would be purer, and it would be a great country to live in. Reagan's optimism must have rubbed off on me in a bad way. I believe that people will find morality without having the nanny state ordaining it.
Dave Barry, in a column a year or so ago, wrote something to the effect that "I'm highly doubtful that there are large numbers of Americans, once sodomy laws are lifted, just waiting to leave their marriage beds to start having sex with the family dog."