Re: Not Allowing My Religious Beliefs to Influence My Political Beliefs

Here's what one person wrote (and I'm just quoting parts here, you can visit the actual page here if you want to see more)...

"Representational government only works well when people can actually think. Too bad for us. And anyway, our government made it clear a long time ago that the will of the people didn't mean sh*t when the President has his own ideas about what's best. So much for representational government...and maybe that's not even such a bad thing given the enormous number of ridiculous belief systems that have been held by the majority over the course of human development. Sorry to talk sh*t on majority rule, but I'm f*cking pissed about this. I'm tired of trying to be understanding and tolerant of people whose opinions are so clearly based on utter nonsense. [...] But has anyone been able to level an argument against gay marriage that's not based on religious beliefs (which we've all at least tacitly agreed (ha ha) should not be allowed to influence public policy) or outright ignorance? The fact is, these bigots have always been on the wrong side of history."

Here's what I wrote...

"Why would you ever want a person to divorce themselves from their own morality? The political system runs on people's different ideas -- to ask everyone to strip themselves of their own belief of right and wrong is to try and make everyone the same -- and you think of yourself as a champion of diversity. You're not even asking me to just be neutral and not take into consideration my religious beliefs (which are as much a part of who I am as anything else), but you want me to adopt your own... Diversity, really? Our laws have always been founded on morality -- and what is morality if not religious in nature? Religion, in a very broad sense, is the acknowledgment of something more, of something greater, than just me... There are laws against killing and stealing and lying... These come to us from a religious morality--or should I not allow my religious belief that killing is wrong influence public policy? And now don't stereotype me into being in favor of the war, and then ask me about that killing--I don't think that was right either. Could it be that there are all types of Christians and even conservatives? People should vote as they feel on this issue, and it should be decided by the voice of the people--WHICHEVER way that decision goes."