Sexual relations between members of the same sex. The question whether homosexual practices are of legal concern raises questions of the proper extent of the law, and of the way a distinction may be drawn between the public and the private . It has also been a focus for discussing the relation between law and morality, between morality and nature, and, when it is accepted that homosexuality is not a moral issue, for querying the relation between law and majority preferences and prejudices.
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