Michael J. Sandel (1989), 'Moral Argument and Liberal Toleration: Abortion and Homosexuality'

People defend Iaws against ahortion and homosexual sodomy in two different ways: Some argue that ahortion and homosexuality are morally reprehensible and therefore worthy of prohibition; others try to avoid passing judgment on the morality of these practices, and argue instead that, in a democracy, political majorities have the right to embody in Iaw their moral convictions.