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From a religious perspective, I agree with you. From a perspective of being a good United States Citizen, I think you can still be a good citizen and be a homosexual. Just like you can be a good U.S. Citizen and be an adulterer, a philanderer, etc. I don't think you can be a good United States Citizen if you are a Marxist and want to confiscate someone's wealth to give it to someone else, no matter if you are a practicing Christian or not...

It's interesting how you like to "pick and choose" which of God's laws you want to enforce. You look the other way on "a man shall not lie with a man as he lies a woman", but get pretty perked up on the "thou shalt not steal" one.

Prosperity came to our nation BECAUSE of our Christian/Judeo values; we're losing prosperity BECAUSE we're rapidly straying away from those values.

"It's interesting how you like to "pick and choose" which of God's laws you want to enforce."

There are no peculularities at all about it. I'm not trying to impose God's laws on any American Citizen. I know how to differentiate between imposing my personal moral views on the country and imposing the views of the Constitution and our Founding Fathers on United States Citizens. While it is true, we are a nation founded upon Christianity, not everyone in the nation is Christian. However, all legal Citizens are Citizens of the United States and are subject to it's founding documents.

I do believe we need to live moral lives and there are ways to impose morality on society through societal norms. For instance, society should view women having babies out of wedlock as a moral sin or homosexuality as something wrong, sinful and out of the norm. However, I would not want to have laws outlawing either. Then we would become like the Islamo Fascists we are fighting against.

In short, what you do in your personal life that affects only you (homosexuality, philandering, lying etc..) should not be outlawed. What you do that has a direct affect on other people (theft) should be outlawed. That’s the consequences of living in a free society. Increased freedom means increased responsibility. Who is the better child, one who does the right thing only because their parent told them they have to, or one that does the right thing because their parent has taught them right from wrong and they have made a conscious choice to do right?