[PD/TD] Re: [CS-FSLUG] Activist Republican Judge Says CA Marriage Law Unconstitutional

[Timothy R. Butler]

>
> That's the point, Fred.  The government hasn't any reason, nor any
> grounds to be condemning it.  We do not live in a theocracy, and there
> isn't any evidence indicating that homosexual marriage is in any way
> detrimental to society.  I realize that the Bible is quite clear about
> homosexuality being a curse upon unbelievers, but our government is not
> based on upon Christianity, or any other religion.

	I think that's incorrect. The ideas of our government are based on 
Puritan derived ideas of natural law (which were also agreed upon by 
Deists who are more Christian than a lot of "Christian" groups today). 
That said, the government is not Christian... I just don't think it is 
right to say it isn't based on Christianity, it is the very principles 
of Puritan Christianity that lead to the innovative, civil system that 
we have.

	-Tim

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