I don't like it at all but it isn't the government's job to dictate morality
That's actually exactly the job of the government. Else why would we have it? And I echo Mr. Fine's comments.
It exists to ensure domestic tranquility and allow people to succeed, not put the morality of the person that happens to be in charge into law. All the progressives here talk about how gay marriage laws shouldn't be based on personal morality, so the same should go for all laws.
How are domestic tranquility and success objectively good things? Politics is a fight to decide whose morality gets to rule. I might as well have it be mine.
Indeed. "Don't harm me, and I won't harm you; otherwise, do whatever you want" is indeed a moral philosophy of government, though less restrictive than what most would like. In the abortion issue, since the whole debate rests on whether the fetus is a "proper" human life or not, and pro-lifers take the position that abortion = homicide in most cases, then it's not only an issue of moral philosophy but also of what counts as a "person."
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