No, I'm not fighting for the rights of the church, but I am fighting against an increase in the power of the state to police sexual misdeeds. It is ironic that the Church, of all groups, would end up on the same side of a fight to keep the state out of personal sexual affairs, i.e., the right of individuals to engage in socially unacceptable sexual activities, but, as the Spanish say, asi es.

It is true that as a result of keeping the state out of private sexual affairs there may be more possibilities of occasional incidences of tragedies, such as abuse of children, but I do not agree that such incidences are so grave that they warrant any increase in the authority of the state to intervene in the private affairs of individuals or of civil society, including religious organizations.