Precisely. But the statement, "the government has no business making parenting decisions" needs no qualification. It is an axiomatic statement, and it should no

Precisely. But the statement, "the government has no business making parenting decisions" needs no qualification. It is an axiomatic statement, and it should not be a controversial statement. Like you say, what is considered a parenting decision? Reasonable people can have a discussion about this. But I'm shocked how many people seem to think A) the government actually should make parenting decisions, and B) that things like banning child abuse is an example of the government making a parenting decision. Neither of these things are reasonable, and so the discussion about what qualifies as a parenting decision will also be unreasonable.