Nothing wrong with that for personal values.
No I'm saying that the government's job is to control and administrate public policy, legislate laws and enforce those laws, protect our country and it's citizens. It's job is not to enforce or promote particular religious values.
Of course values and religion are entertwined, yet some values exist regardless of religion - for example the "do unto other's as you would have them do unto you" is pretty much a cultural golden rule in both numerous religions and in secular philosophies. Religion drives government when it attempts to legislate religious doctrine or ideology into law - for example sodomy laws.
Exactly - we live under a secular system of law and it is that, not the religion itself, that has led to peace and prosperity. History is as rife with Christian violence as it is with Islamic violence. It is our secular system of law that protects our minorities from persecution.
They can do it, it's a free society. But I would regard it in much the same light as I would regard the communist party trying to multiply it's influence. Very dangerous.
Labor unions et al aren't trying to replace secular law with biblical law. And NAMBLA - that is so over rated. One sick organization averaging less then a thousand members nationwide.
I despise him for the same reason the right despises Ward Churchill. They both said essentially the same hateful things against innocent people.
It's not what I think but what Christians think. Personally, I think it would be a lot better for Christians to start taking a look at what Jesus really said and acting out that message. Instead of trying to make abortion illegal for instance, how about work to make abortion unnecessary and every child cared for and loved? Of course - that's a lot harder path to follow.