> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
>Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
And punishment for adultery and homosexual activity has been something staple across many religions and cultures, which have formed the basis of great civilizations. Adultery and homosexual activity have been social evils in many moral codes and ways of life. It’s not about oppressing women or gays, it’s about justice and fairness.
Viewing things through such a narrow and dichotomous view makes you unable to cope with different ways of life except that you condemn it without understanding.
IMHO, it'd be an uphill battle to argue it should rank lower.
> Parent seems to hold individual liberty among the highest priority values.
In such a society, I could imagine that adultery (potentially confusing which child belongs to which lineage of genes) and homosexuality (reducing the pool of available genes) might be dissuaded on punishment of death.