Liberty is the state in which humans are free to act without imposition of legal (governmentally-imposed) restraints. Your liberty is inversely proportionate to the number of laws restraining your choices. However, until you are moral, you cannot be permitted extensive liberty.
The word moral has been hijacked. Most people think of it only in the context of sexual propriety. But the essence of morality is to voluntarily treat others as you would like to be treated; to interact with others to the best of your understanding consistent with their well-being. But what will cause you to consistently act morally?
Nothing but faith, a firmly held conviction that what you do and how you treat others has eternal consequences for you. Faith is a genuine belief that God is watching and holding you accountable in some way.
Without such conviction, you...no, without such conviction I will not consistently choose to act in the best interests of my fellow man, and if I will not, I must be forced to do so by some external, temporal authority.
The systematic severing of such convictions has led to the proliferation of tens of thousands of pages of laws and regulations in our nation.
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