Have we lost our reason?

Calton does not believe that Christians should impose their views or morality on the rest of society, however, in the supposedly progressive rejection of the Judeo-Christian basis of our laws, we are increasingly legislating on the basis of feelings. The latest example is Tony Nicklinson, who feels that his life is intolerable and who wants a change in the law so that someone can kill him without being prosecuted for murder. Other people feel that their lives are not worth living and want the law changed so that they can be assisted to commit suicide. Yet others feel attracted to someone of the same sex and want the law changed to allow them to get married. Calton feels sympathy for all of them but he doesn't think that just because someone feels a certain way, our laws, which have stood the test of time, should be altered. Legislating on the basis of feelings, rather than rational thought, is not progressive but, rather, regressive. Do we really want a society where emotions dominate over reason? Is that not a recipe for disaster?