[derrida]

Isn't government too unwieldy a tool to be used in the imposition of morality? The government can't restrict underground clinics or trips across the border for the well-heeled any more than it can ensure that a woman (or her doctor) being treated for uterine hemmorhaging aren't subject to suspicion. Is it because the traditional structures of family, community, and church are no longer able to enforce social norms that the government must step in and take their place?