Forcing one's moral views on others . . .

As Eugene Volokh points out, any position on certain social issues entails a willingness to force one's morality on others. The claim that is often made against the pro-life position, for instance -- that it is an attempt to impose religious values on society -- is made as though the opposite position were not precisely the same thing. Volokh is exactly right when he suggests that the "you can't impose morality" argument is usually an attempt to foreclose debate without having to articulate one's own position regarding rights, the origin of rights, and how and when those rights are conferred.