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Absolutely. If morals are not upheld, people's standards continue to drop which erode the ability of a society to function properly. Just look at the Roman Empire. Their morals declined and the empire collapsed.
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As there are no "standard" morals it would be difficult to define them well enough to make into laws and even more difficult to enforce. Take for instance the commandment of "Honor your father and mother:. This works as long as no parent abuses children or the spouse, sells drugs, is a gang hitman, etc. If the commandment was a law then it would have to have subclauses with the "except whens" spelt out. Then these exceptions would have to have fine differentiations to explain why "abuse" does not cover not buying a new iPhone for a child etc.
It is this question which created the separation of church and state in the US Constitution. Because morals are often defined differently by different cultures and religions, enforcement is difficult if not impossible without violating individual rights of people.
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