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I would suppose it should be okay to oppose running the USA under fundamentalist Christian laws, too.

If you really are a truth seeker you will find that our republic is already based on Christian, and Jewish laws.

Samuel Chase, member Continental Congress and Associate Supreme Court Justice - “ By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.”

William Paterson, signer of the Constitution, placed on the Supreme Court by George Washington, constantly pointed out that - “the Constitution would not keep America on course.” He said that what would keep America safe would be to obey what God has told us in the sacred scriptures. He would close his speeches with Proverbs 29:2 “ When the righteous rule, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule, the people groan.”

President George Washington – “It is impossible to rightly govern … without God and the Bible.” Note: Washington’s religious and moral maxims alone fill over 50 pages of a book, “Maxims of George Washington”, published Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1989.

"If you really are a truth seeker you will find that our republic is already based on Christian, and Jewish laws."

I 'really am a truth_seeker' and I know that the USA is governed by a body of laws, including the Constitution. I will grant that our legal system was heavily influenced by Judeo-Christian concepts of civil society.

But if the founders had meant for the Christian bible to be the over-arching authority, I would have expected them to quote directly from it, and/or incorporate specific phrases into law.

They didn't do so. Hence, we are governed by the written, secular civil laws, interpretted from time to time by duly appointed judges.

I know enough about history to realize that religion at the time of the founding was about the FACT we WOULD NOT have a state religion.

And over 200 years have passed without a state religion. Contrary to your selective quotes, fundamentalist Christianity IS NOT the law in the USA.

Under the precepts of the founding, citizens would be free to practice their chosen faiths, without interference by the state. None would be favored.

Under the precepts of the founding, a liberal Christian faith would have equal standing under the law, with a fundamentalist Christian faith, or any other faith. There were Jews in the colonies, and Jefferson wrote references of islam.

That takes us away from Frist, his family's business. I see no problem with him, as far as the SML position.

Now you may prefer that this single issue be a litmus test for every political figure. You are free to do so, with respect to your own vote.