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To: DannyTN

Nobody wants sodomy, polygamy, bestiality, etc.

But it isn’t the business of government to make people morally upright. It has to come from individuals and communities themselves to instill and regulate good behavior.


8 posted on 02/27/2012 12:58:07 PM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: Utmost Certainty

RE: But it isn’t the business of government to make people morally upright.

Is it the business of government to IMPOSE its view of morality on citizens? This question needs to be asked because government IS already doing it.


10 posted on 02/27/2012 1:03:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Utmost Certainty
"But it isn’t the business of government to make people morally upright. It has to come from individuals and communities themselves to instill and regulate good behavior."

Have you checked out Somalia. I understand there are very few rules there.

11 posted on 02/27/2012 1:10:26 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Utmost Certainty
Nobody wants sodomy, polygamy, bestiality, etc.

It wasn't too long ago that people were saying "Nobody wants same-sex marriage".

18 posted on 02/27/2012 2:02:21 PM PST by Isabel C.
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To: Utmost Certainty

It is the business of government to make people behave themselves. churchgoing people are more likely to do this than non-church-going people. Our founding fathers celebrated virtue, and it is one of the purposes of a church to instill virtue.


25 posted on 02/29/2012 12:14:34 AM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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