(September 17, 2009 at 2:06 am)fr0d0 Wrote: That seems a very biased opinion DLF. Of course if your constituents make their opinion known you represent that. They vote you in because you will represent them. I don't believe religion has any place in government, but to try to stop people influencing law and society to reflect their morals has to be very wrong.
Politcians don't represent the people. They represent themselves. Usually they don't do anything they promise nor do they care what the people want after they win. They lie to get in and then they screw everything all to hell. You can't win without the majority vote. If the majority of the people are Christian then you had better be god fearing, pro life, and pro gun or you won't get anything. Even if you aren't like that...you better pretend to be. The idea is to win...not lose. Where do you live? Surely not America. Everyone knows how our our politicians work.
Depends on what "morals" people want to impose onto society. If someone wants to make a law against buying alcohol in a community then whether or not it should become a good proposal depends on if it's a good idea or not. Why do they want to prohibit drinking? Is it because they think God and some stupid book says it's a "sin"? Well...if that's the case then they sould NOT be influencing law. They should not just say "because God says so" to be able to make a new law or keep an existing one.
