Congratulations. Just because YOU found a secular reason for banning it doesn't mean THEY did.

My point is that it has nothing to do with religion. It's just natural that sex is seen as a private thing, probably because of evolution.

...that is a horrible and incredibly inaccurate misinterpretation of the clause .

For YOU it has nothing to do with religion. You can't speak for everyone.

People derive their sense of morality from several things, one of them being religion. If we accept that we can legislate morality (pretty much everyone does), then you can't discriminate where they derive their morality from.

You agreed with the items I posted. Aside from Constitutionality, do you not see an ethical problem with using the force of law to achieve Christian goals with non-Christians?

But that's the point, they don't derive it from religion, they derive it from their natural sensibilities, and then they might take that and use religion as backup for their sensibilities. No where in the bible does it say "Thou shalt not have sex in public."

Ethically no. I believe that morality should be dictated as locally as possible though from a numbers point of view. It is more likely that you people agree locally than they do nationally. Morality is a very touchy subject.



True, it does not explicitly say that. There are several things that IMPLY that you shouldn't though in the Bible (see Paul). People were brought up with those Biblical ideals and they follow them. I don't know why you're arguing with me...I"m not making a general statement. I'm just saying that SOME people do indeed use values derived from religion to voice their opinion. Their opinion is enacted via legislation.

It blows my mind that you see no ethical issue. For example, idolatry is a pretty integral part of Shintoism, yet you would use the law to deny that to them?

...and nowhere does it say " thou shalt not have sex with an elephant in church on a Tuesday " but a thorough understanding of Scripture would show both our examples to be displeasing to God .

If people want a Christian community, should they not be entitled to it? Should they not be able to live their life the way they want to without interference of Shintoism?