I'm not saying I gave up being opinionated about other people. Making moral judgments is an essential part of personal and community life. Morality is the code that actually makes society work. We must all be unafraid to engage in the exchange of moral messages. It is wrong, just plain wrong, to give moral prescriptions the force of law and to use government authority to enforce them.
Conservatives have their own equally lengthy list of laws they are just itching to enact.
Both sides are guilty of using government to control people's private lives. Pick one and you choose your poison. Homeschooling has made me generally suspicious of all the politicos who run around capitol buildings wanting to fix things. My thinking comes closest to being libertarian these days, but I am not willing to go impetuously in that direction either. I found myself in total agreement with his analysis of the problem, but not with his remedy.