RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 21, 2018 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2018 at 1:05 pm by robvalue.)
I'd like to also point out that the law is not a statement of what is moral and immoral. It is a statement (roughly speaking) of what will happen to you if you do certain things. The driving force behind changes in any particular law may well be to do with ideas about morality, of course.
For example, in England at least, it's not illegal to cheat on your partner. Does this mean the law, or the country, is saying it's not immoral to cheat on your partner? No. It's not saying it's moral, immoral, or neither. It's making no comment, it's simply allowing it as a legal action. However, the vast majority of people in England would probably say that cheating on your partner is immoral.
PS: I suppose a way of looking at the law is asking the question, "Is this something the government should get involved in?"
In any secular(ish) country, no one should be bringing religious beliefs to a discussion about law. Clearly this should be irrelevant, because the law is secular, and because religions can all contradict each other (even people from the same religion).
For example, in England at least, it's not illegal to cheat on your partner. Does this mean the law, or the country, is saying it's not immoral to cheat on your partner? No. It's not saying it's moral, immoral, or neither. It's making no comment, it's simply allowing it as a legal action. However, the vast majority of people in England would probably say that cheating on your partner is immoral.
PS: I suppose a way of looking at the law is asking the question, "Is this something the government should get involved in?"
In any secular(ish) country, no one should be bringing religious beliefs to a discussion about law. Clearly this should be irrelevant, because the law is secular, and because religions can all contradict each other (even people from the same religion).
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