Duty of governors to uphold the public morality

The Federation of the Jurisprudential Tribunals of Zekia has acknowledged on various occasion the duty of governors to uphold the public morality. 
== Meaning ==
The duty of governors to uphold the public morality does not mean that those who govern determine the public morality but rather that they examine what is considered moral or immoral within their realm by consulting with the people and then decide whether or not it is necessary to enact a law to uphold such mores. If they decide it is necessary, that the mores are good and sound, they consult with each other and enact a law. However, it may be necessary for the governors to enact a law in direct opposition to the will of the people as in the Deuchse Wars. 
==Famous cases==
=== Zirai v. Citizens United and Alfi v. Mong-Je ===
In Zirai v. Citizens United, a group of anarchists who called themselves Zirai proclaimed that governments had no right to regulate morality in response to the Alfi Tribunal's decision in Alfi v. Mong-Je by which they stated that "the prohibition of sexual practices by a Republic is a Right of the Regime overseeing the Republic and a legitimate Exercise of Authority, for a regime is the upholder of the public morality." They rejected this interpretation of the law in strong terms, calling it an "arbitrary rewriting of the law by an overly politicized institution, sitting for the sole purpose of appeasing the intolerant conservative faction" and proclaimed that "the regime [has no right] to regulate consensual sex acts between mature persons." The Citizens United retorted that "if the regime [has no right] to regulate consensual sex acts between mature persons, shall they condone sodomy?" The debate became public when Zirai proclaimed that they would "flout the law" by "marrying in common", that is, they would engage in socially recognized but not legally binding unions.