Logical requirements of the state--war-making, education, the issue of promoting one's nation above others or at least making it equal to others--surely fall outside the bounds of moral/legal code developed (at least) hundreds of years ago. In fact, the most expedient ways to address those and other issues will likely involve, to at least a small extent, violating the basics of free living, trade, and worship. Fact is, government is going to make a number of arbitrary, if not outright immoral (again, a shaky term outside the bounds of an organized and absolutist belief system) actions. And yes, this will involve trampling people's alleged rights.
That's why we have a constitution. The government exists on behalf of the people, not the other way around. The government has the power to do things which might otherwise violate natural liberty because the people have allowed it under the constitution. We own ourselves, we are not slaves to the government, BUT we have decided that for a functional government there must be some taxation, so we give the government the power to tax. You mentioned eminent domain which violates property rights. We have decided that sometimes the government may need to take land, BUT it is only allowed to do so for a public use (although SCOTUS flubbed this) and also MUST provide just compensation. See what happens if they government ever just starts taking land under the guise of eminent domain without offering any payment. The government power to violate these principles of natural liberty comes from the people, they allow it; the government may not literally do whatever it wants because many trumps few. There are constraints on its power, and they come from us. And when government acts outside of these constraints, it is without power.
Those marriages may not be loveless. A guy gets married and realizes how great it is to have a sweet, adoring, perky goddess of a wife to cuddle with and take her shopping for dresses and shoes! These guys are cured! That's why traditional marriage is sacred.
hahahahaha ... can I have some of what you are smoking?
