[allmendream]

I see, you couldn't actually answer any of my objections, so you had to invent an argument I didn't make.

Who said we could stand without religion?

You are suggesting we cannot survive without religion ENFORCED.

Compulsory submission to religious authority is the most false and servile sort of conversion, and a debasement of faith.

And make no mistake, secular authority is backed by lethal force. Do you think mens deepest convictions should be subject to secular authority exercised by religious hierarchy at the point of a gun?

Really?

And you think that is small government conservatism?

Really?

[annalex]

You are suggesting we cannot survive without religion ENFORCED

Where did I say that?

What I did say, is that the republic cannot legitimately operate by allowing the democratic process to intrude into the moral law, and I gave specific example where such intrusion is happening.