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Whose morality do you legislate?

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Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 | Comments: 0

In his letter to the editor (Brandon Sun, April 30), Wayne Wilson made some excellent points about the casino issue. Although I appreciate what he said, there was one thing I questioned.

Mr. Wilson wrote, “Let’s talk about the ‘residents who hold ardent religious views’ and the statements made about the moral and social costs of a casino. I will leave out the moral clause because ... I understand you cannot legislate morality.”

Mr. Wilson did not need to leave out the moral clause because all laws legislate morality. Anyone who says, “there oughta be a law that ...” is trying to legislate morality. They are declaring one behaviour to be right and another to be wrong.

The only question is, whose morality should be legislated?

Jocelyn Funk

Brandon

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 8, 2012

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