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To: John O
You're right.

I know.

Rights are given to us by our Creator. And His opinion is that homosexual behavior is immoral.

He also didn't tell you to get a gun and enforce his rules. He doesn't need the violent help of puny immoral people. He will handle sin himself, in this world or the next.

There is no right to commit sodomy no matter how the sodomites try to force it.

You are confusing interactions between humans and human relationships with God. In THIS world, unless someone is violating someone elses rights, other sinning human beings have no LEGITIMATE power to interfere. Unless you violate my rights, your sin is not to be addressed by me violently.

If you believe in a violent theocracy, (and I'm not implying that you do) all bets are off.

46 posted on 11/26/2003 10:10:27 AM PST by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children)
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To: Protagoras
In THIS world, unless someone is violating someone elses rights, other sinning human beings have no LEGITIMATE power to interfere. Unless you violate my rights, your sin is not to be addressed by me violently.

Then why weren't prostitution and at home drug cultivation/use legallized with the sodomy decision?

49 posted on 11/26/2003 10:23:45 AM PST by weegee
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To: Protagoras; John O; scripter
People keep misusing the word "theocracy" as though it meant a government that is informed by moral absolutes. That is not the meaning of the word "theocracy". Our Constitution and the government we have always had was based on moral absolutes and the founders of our country freely admitted that.
A theocracry is a government RULED by UNELECTED mullahs, priests, clerics, or other official religious authorities. Read the dictionary and learn to use words that have specific meanings. Misuse of the word "theocracy" is misleading, making ignorant people think there is something wrong with allowing the slightest hint of moral absolutes in governance. But laws have always been founded on moral absolutes.
Leave out the moral absolutes and we will have different groups or tribes of people slaughtering each other over their differing opinions of right and wrong, with the strongest in numbers or weaponry dominating the others. Barbarianism and/or totalitarianism will be the result.
51 posted on 11/26/2003 10:33:17 AM PST by little jeremiah
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