[Non-Sequitur]

Civil divorce laws and laws regarding capital punishment are matters of prudential judgement. Issues like abortion, homosexual marriage and experimentation on human embryos are intrinsic evils, the legalization of which is inexcusable under any circumstances.

Jesus Christ specifically condemned divorce and it's merely 'a matter of prudential judgment.' He didn't say anything about abortion or homosexuality and you decide those are 'inexcusable under any circumstances'. So I guess you know more than Him? Or does the Gospel according to Aquinasfan take precedence over the Gospel of Mark?

[Aquinasfan]

The laws regarding these issues are a matter of prudential judgement. For example, Aquinas said that in determining whether a vice should be criminalized, the amount of societal vice resulting from criminalization should be less than the original vice itself. Consider the matter of illegal drugs. Clearly, intoxication is a serious sin. But it can be argued that the criminalization of the possession of drugs can lead to a greater amount of vice in society (gang warfare, robberies to support an expensive habit, corruption of law enforcement, etc.)

Jesus condemned divorce. But laws regarding divorce beg the question of what determines a valid marriage. Civil marriage is not sacramental marriage, and is outside the strict jurisdiction of the Church. However, the Church has an interest in the health of society, and can therefore advise the State regarding the structure of family law. Law regarding homosexuals in general is analogous to the situation regarding drug laws.

[GOPcapitalist]

He didn't say anything about abortion or homosexuality and you decide those are 'inexcusable under any circumstances

Last I checked, abortion is taken care of by nothing less than the 10 commandments - i.e. that little provision about not killing. Homosexual intercourse is specifically condemned in both the old testament and in Paul's letters, which are considered to be divinely inspired texts. The fact is that the bible is clear and explicit about both. To pretend otherwise is to fib.