WayneS: “Those “societal costs” are part of the risks associated with living in a free society, and I willingly accept them.”
Me, too!
We can live in slightly more safety as slaves or take some small risks and be free. I choose the latter.
Not even the US Congress or the Supreme Court of the United States have the right to choose otherwise short of a constitutional amendment.
Without God, you need a bigger and bigger and bigger Caesar to fill that unfillable void.
The results are ugly, they are socialistic, they are fascistic... and of course are ungodly.