Asklemmy

It's just somewhat surprising to me to see this sentiment so highly upvoted on a discussion board that I typically associate with a younger, perhaps more atheist crowd. "Let morals change our laws" is an argument my boomer, Trumper, anti-lgbt parents make. No thanks.

"Morality" is highly subjective. Not only does every person have their own unique set of morals, most people probably wouldn't even share the same definition for "morality". As I see it, it seems too many of our problems are directly attributable to people who believe their own morals are more important than the laws that apply to them.

I would use the word "ethics" instead. Because even though there are many sets of ethics out there, they are usually more well defined and have reasoning behind them. Their justification can't end with "because a book told me so".

Maybe it's just a tomato/tomato situation, but I think the distinction is important. Obviously, I agree that laws exist to be a reflection of certain "values" a society holds, but at the end of the day, the law is the only thing that is well defined (or is intended to be).

So when discussing something like the title of this post, we could talk all day about what we personally believe the answer is, but the legality really is the only objective answer here.