[Protagoras]

If the homeowners take action of the illegal kind, they'd be far worse than moral slobs. They'd be breaking laws that they should be imprisoned for.

I understand your general point but I would opine that breaking laws is not always immoral and that committing an immoral act is worse than breaking a law. In this case it would be immoral and illegal. One deals with God's law and one with how man interacts with other humans.

[sakic]

Law deals with legalities not moralities. No one ever goes to prison, nor should they, just for being immoral or amoral. They should go for breaking the law. I'd despise living in a country that shipped people off to prison or killed them based on someone's perceived morality. That's why we have laws.

The story in this thread has zero to do with morality. It is 100% about what is legal and illegal and that's the only thing that matters.