Does Freedom Impose Morality?

James Peron

Over the years I've come across various forms of the same argument mostly from the same sort of people: fundamentalist or conservative Christians.

They will come along and argue that homosexuality ought to be illegal, that censorship should be imposed by the state to keep sexual material illegal, that abortion should be banned, etc. And many who oppose them argue that it is wrong to impose your morality on others.

The fundamentalist then says: "Why not? Aren't you imposing your morality on me?"

And typically the opponent of the statist conservative is confused by this. Why are they confused?