If people live by high moral principles, they do not need the restrictions or enforcements of civil law.
A society is strong and can meet changing times and conditions readily only as the individual members of the society are strong-minded enough to live by correct principles.
As a society dictates to its own people, as the wishes of the vocal minority are inflicted upon the passive majority, the climate for strong-minded individualism is perverse. Indeed, individualism tends to be punished.
Individuals need to be responsible.