Cutting through all of that, and not being very nuanced, the Great Fear of the politicians in this mess is that they will actually address moral imperatives regarding sex. Why is it Fearsome to do so? Because the political class retains its position by giving something away to its voters. In some of the cases, they give away money. In others--such as the instant case--they 'give away' moral injunctions, or, as Grim would have it, the law of nature. In both, of course, hypocrisy plays a large part.