Likewise, relationships that form out of friendship and love are what the Constitution should protect, not sexual activity that is driven by the simple desire to achieve orgasm. Sex for sex's sake is not protected by the Constitution, whether it involves hetero- or homosexual couplings. Erotic love is altogether different for Garvey. But rights within these freedoms should not be universal. Childbirth and abortion are different.
Obscenity is different than political speech.
Religious believers whose actions are restricted should receive different consideration under the law than an atheist who simply does not like the law. Autonomy does not work because not all human behavior is morally interchangeable. What Garvey calls the political theory of freedom is more persuasive because of its relative success in liberal democratic countries, and especially in the United States. Peace through freedom is a much more attractive and effective political model than peace through the authoritarian model. That latter is nothing more than conformity through coercion.