When religion mucks in government, its contribution is interpretation by unelected, unvetted charismatic leaders of selected passages from an old book of unknown origin, without basis in law or fact. The outcome throughout history has been horrendously, brutally inequitable. This is, of course, why the founding fathers separated the two in the FIRST Amendment, together with the other most important protections for the new nation.

Dave at 5:05pm – Follow the links; the Paul campaign touted the endorsement on their Iowa page – front and center.

I suspect much of the ‘silence’ that you rightly bemoan is the result of fear – fear of ‘breaking ranks’ and being labelled ‘heretical’, for example.

There is something very totalitarian about the kind of extremist ‘religio-political’ approach that Kayser appears to espouse.

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2011/12/bachmannsantorum-ticket-will-thwart-devil-devil-looks-at-polls-rests-easily.html

I like the Good As You website.

And does Kayser understand what it takes, especially in terms of money and time — to move? His “solution” for people who don’t like harsh Biblical law is a non-starter for that reason alone.

Or, did you express yourself poorly, your sentences not constructed so as to say what you meant to say? If so, then say that, and I will understand.

You can’t have it both ways. That is, your posts of 1:16 pm and 2:01 pm cannot logically co-exist.