NJ Rules Against Church Group in Gay Rights Case

Bokovel »

Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:32 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

The Free Exercise Clause accompanies the Establishment Clause and states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” These two go hand and hand which allows religious liberty to exist. The first amendment prohibits government from supporting one religion over another, but allows for the support of Chrisianity in general.

NJ Rules Against Church Group in Gay Rights Case

Bokovel »

Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:05 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

It's like banging your head against a wall. Dang.

NJ Rules Against Church Group in Gay Rights Case

Bokovel »

Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:03 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

"The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit 1) the establishment of a national religion by Congress, or 2) the preference of one religion over another or the support of a religious idea with no identifiable secular purpose."

No mention of separation of church or State there. I reiterate, this nation was not founded on the separation of church and State. It was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and will remain a Judeo-Christian nation as God so intended.

NJ Rules Against Church Group in Gay Rights Case

Bokovel »

Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:04 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

what is it about homosexuality being deemed legal in this country and that this country is founded on seperation of church and state, that believers are unable to understand?


This country wasn't founded on the separation of church and State. The term was first used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. The separation of church and State means that there will be no State religion, such as the Church of England. Why then do we have In God We Trust on our money, Laus Deo atop the Washington Monument which means Praise be to God, etc. This country, my friend, was founded on good ole Judeo-Christian principles and should stay a Judeo-Christian country.

What part of sodomites go back in the closet where you belong don't you understand.

Thug Politics

Bokovel »

Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:57 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

We should be able to dialogue without trying to demonize or destroy. Why is the gay "sin" any worse than sins of adultry, greed, sloth, gluttony, etc of a heterosexual?

I think the problem is that gays demand special treatment for being gay and want society to condone their sinful behavior, e.g., gay marriage, hate crimes against gays, etc. Adulterers aren't looking for special treatment or acknowledgement. The sodomites need to go back in the closet where they belong. Hate the sin not the sinner comes from a letter St. Augustine wrote to the mother superior of a convent and is not in the bible. Incidently, this comes after the sinner has repented.

Anti-Theist: Christianity is Bad for the World

Bokovel »

Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:31 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

"Jesus wasn't talking about verbally defining sin according to HIS WORD when He said, he that is without sin let him cast the first stone."

Jesus then goes on to tell the woman, Go and sin no more. Something the sodomites conveniently never mention. Telling sodomites to sin no more is not judging, it admonishment, something Jesus does throughout the New Testament.