Where in the Bible does it say...
By ByronEA
@ByronEA (109)
United States
July 20, 2008 5:34pm CST
Where in the Christian Bible does it say that it is the Christian's duty to make our civil laws be based upon Christian morals?
I'm tired of the Christian Right trying to force their morals into our laws. For example, sure its against a lot of people's religions to be gay. But does that mean we should make it against the law, in a country where religion and government is supposed to be SEPARATE, for gays to get married?
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@mmiller26 (1930)
• Canada
20 Jul 08
It doesn't say that anywhere in the bible. The major problem is that the majority of the country is Christian, and they tend to vote as a block. So if there's an issue that they feel is immoral, even if it's a civil matter and has nothing to do with religion, they'll vote together to see that their views on the matter are brought into legislation. I don't agree with it, but that's a problem with democracy.
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@ByronEA (109)
• United States
20 Jul 08
The "Christian majority" needs to understand we aren't just a Christian nation. We are also a Muslim Nation. And a Jewish Nation. We are also a Hindu nation, a Buddhist nation, and a nation of non-believers. Bottom line, we are a multi-faith nation. The dictates of one religion should not be forced upon everyone else.
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@mmiller26 (1930)
• Canada
20 Jul 08
I'm in total agreement. But you and I don't have any influence over what people can and cannot vote for. Politicians who have their own agendas will pander to these people and they'll continue to vote that way. I think gay marriage is a civil matter as well, and religion should have no basis on whether or not it should be legal. But the "Adam and Steve-rs" out there won't let it pass.
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@ByronEA (109)
• United States
21 Jul 08
This is why McCain has been the first Republican to earn my respect in a long time. The vast majority of Republicans pander to the Christian Right. McCain isn't.
Thats not to say I'm voting for McCain. We need an exit strategy from Iraq, and McCain isn't offering us that.
Obama for President in 2008!
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@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
20 Jul 08
I have never seen this in the bible. There are laws in the bible that alot of countries tried to adopt because they want their country to have a bibical reference. What we should remember that politics has always into christianity do you remember when Christ when into the synagogue and turn over the tax payers money and say do not turn my father's into a gamble house. Well these are the principles that persons tends to used when trying to have a civil laws.
It is based on the citizen and parlimentarians to implement civil laws. In my country a white paper is table and then person will go and give their gross on it. If there is more grosses against then that law will not be make. So you see there is alot of person who will say one thing and when it comes to voting time they vote against.
This is what politics is and so sometimes we need not to bash the christian's. Those same politicians will say one thing in public and vote against it.
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@ByronEA (109)
• United States
21 Jul 08
I'm sorry, but I don't see how the story of Jesus upturning the tables of the money changers has to do with the religious right encroaching upon our civil liberties. That story has to do with making an inappropriate profit off of business in God's house.
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@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
21 Jul 08
This is a story about money and politics. In every parables there are different meanings so it is how one understand it. Maybe you need to read and dissect it some more. How about the betrayal of Christ wasn't this involved Politics too. Matthew the tax collector was a politician too.
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