Our laws and the English common law were based on the fact of the Judeo-Christian belief in God ie natural law.
Our Declaration of Independence referred to the fact that our Creator not a man made government gives us the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Negating God and His laws turn all of us over to the whims of men.
Paschal’s wager is still alive and well.
Bares repeating:
“Our laws and the English common law were based on the fact of the Judeo-Christian belief in God ie natural law.”
“Our Declaration of Independence referred to the fact that our Creator not a man made government gives us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“Negating God and His laws turn all of us over to the whims of men.”
And lest anyone forget, let us remember the very first signed document that became the basis for our form of government back in 1620 by 41 pilgrims (of 102 passengers) whom traveled to this country and built the Pilgrim Colony:
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
“In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, e&. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.”
Well said, victim soul
To say that our laws and system of government evolve from and are ultimately based on the natural law and that the Founders’ entire understanding of the natural order were based on Judeo-Christian concepts, is not to say that various ‘abominations’ listed in the Bible must be proscribed in the law. There are many beliefs which are rooted in Judeo-Christian/Biblical doctrine which are accepted and followed only be certain sects and rejected by others. At the same time, there are many ‘sins’ which are not addressed in the law, nor should there be.
I accept what the Bible says about homosexuality in my own mind and life, and no “government” or Court is going to tell me otherwise. The liberal judges who somehow claim the most basic of our societal documents REQUIRES the government (and thus all of us as a people) must accept homosexual marriage are simply imposing what amount to religious beliefs into the fabric of government. Only they are doing so purely from the secular side. Socialism, radical environmentalism, and a host of other beliefs are the religion of the Left. The Constitution is not a religious document and should not be used by either side as such.