How so? The US as a federal government is relatively hands off. It's job is to ensure certain liberties are upheld and to keep order in the Union. Usually when speak of their "freedoms" being taken away it applies to something that is handled by the state. If it's a state issue then it's usually voted in by the people of the state. Your "freedom" that you lack is because the majority of your state is against it, see gay marriage and marijuana laws.