Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est" ("They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier").
Legality can't create love if it isn't there, or preserve it if it's dying, but it can destroy love by making it compulsory.
Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another.
Honor is the mysticism of legality