We cannot uphold the rule of law only when it is consistent with our beliefs, wemustuphold it even when it protects behavior that we don't like or is unattractive or is not admirable or that might even be hurtful.
We could argue until the cows come home about when and where the right to privacy must be curtailed in order to uphold other individual rights, but we never should disavow or devalue our right to privacy.