From a scientific standpoint, I think that raw milk is dangerous and idiotic. I don't support its use, so I don't have an issue with the laws. On the other hand, I don't have to drink it myself, so I'm not all that concerned about some new age clowns supping it up. Maybe a warning label is a good compromise, but it doesn't really protect children from their dumb-ass anti-science parents, so the debate could continue.
As for other raw foods and things, yeah, I mostly support that stuff. I am big on minimally processed foods. Something like food irradiation, like radiation humans undergo for medical reasons, can be a blessing and a curse. As Lou Reed sang:
Radiation kills both bad and good
It can not differentiate
To heal you they must kill you
The sword of Damocles* hangs above your head
*
Damocles is a Greek legend which basically points out that one who is king must, paradoxically, live with constant danger and worry, being both powerful and highly vulnerable.
I think the argument against pasteurization is similar to the one against irradiation, but less-founded in science.
At the end of the day, I don't believe that humans should drink milk at all, and there's mainstream science which says it's unnecessary, and potentially dangerous. I don't drink it, and I don't cook with butter, although I do eat yogurt and small portions of cheese. I used to live next to a dairy in VT, but this was a small, family-owned dairy in a rural area, and that's the only type of place I'll get dairy products. Major dairies are very much like factory farms, which are ethically repugnant and environmentally destructive. My suggestion would be to consume pasteurized dairy, very sparingly, and to only procure it from small independent farms, with free-grazing animals who are fed organically-grown feed, and are not caged, crowded, or shot full of antibiotics.
Full disclosure - I was born on
Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston.