legislating morality always has this strange flavor to it, as if it is some kind of reverse psychology thing...
Offloading responsibility in decision making so that the individual is no longer justifying their own choices beyond 'this is what the law says so it be what I do'
further down the train of thought, starting to think that decriminalizing murder would be a net positive on a societal scale
You can't have a functioning society without a moral basis that all can agree on for the rule of law.
in this country, we call that moral agreement the constitution of the United States. Is that all the constitution is? No. It also restrains the government, but it also sets the basis of the rights each human person is endowed with (by their creator) by simply being.
Do I think we need to start telling people they can't pick their nose on Sunday? No.
However, seeing that an unborn fetus is inherently human and is within the United States, and thus afforded the same constitutional protections that any other human is, to deprive that fetus of its life is an affront to the very founding basis of this country.
Frankly, I don't see it as "legislating morality" in the same sense as I don't see making the rape and murder of a 19 year old woman illegal as "legislating morality."
Theres places in this world where you can move where I'm sure they wouldn't bat an eye at those things. If that's the world you want, move there. But in this country, I believe the founders knew that without a foundational basis of basic human consideration, and dare I say, some semblance of the "golden rule" that society would devolve in a chaotic shitshow of competing wills, where the ruler would be the one that can apply the most force to society, through intimidation, killing, bribery, coercion etc....I'll be damned if that ain't textbook tyranny.
This aint about me pushing my religion on others. I have yet to use my religion as a defense of my position on the murder of unborn humans.
I base my position on human physiology, the human life cycle, and the constitution of the United States, along with my understanding of sociology and societal collapse into tyranny.
Y'all acting like clown world just sprang up outta nowhere...just like one day the Germans just woke up nazis. I contend its just the natural progression in this crescendo leading away from our founding ideals. And in order to make that happen, things need to be flipped upside down.
Thus the murder of our most frail gets labeled as freedom.
Clowniest of clown world.