There must be a hundred variations of You cant legislate love. I especially like this one because it addresses human nature rather than ethereal love:
This variation says the opposite:
Mr Sekulow is wrong. Especially when the government tells you what to do instead of what not to do which is immoral in itself not to mention that the government telling people what to do fails to change human nature or initiate love.
Mr. Sekulow is tragically mistaken when he fails to separate institutional morality from individual morality:
Institutional morality is nothing more than the morality of whoever happens to run the institution. Heres a good example that goes back almost 3,000 years:
Its not far-fetched to say that Isaiah prophesied Roe v Wade.
This next one shows that organized religions legislated their religion above all else throughout history:
Mr. Heinlein is right on the money in that Socialists acquired the political power.
This next one is correct up to a point:
Beyond organizing hatred, legislating political correctness begins and ends with this:
This final quotation is open to interpretation:
The freedoms guaranteed in the original Bill of Rights are being legislated away by totalitarian-minded lawmakers as well as being abolished by constitutional amendments; most notably the XVI Amendment in 1913.
Unfortunately, human nature cannot be changed by an act of the legislature. Calvin Coolidge
This variation says the opposite:
If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remember that legislation IS morality. Jay Alan Sekulow
Mr Sekulow is wrong. Especially when the government tells you what to do instead of what not to do which is immoral in itself not to mention that the government telling people what to do fails to change human nature or initiate love.
Mr. Sekulow is tragically mistaken when he fails to separate institutional morality from individual morality:
A prison is every institution unmasked. Flanders.
Institutional morality is nothing more than the morality of whoever happens to run the institution. Heres a good example that goes back almost 3,000 years:
Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims. Isaiah 10:1
Its not far-fetched to say that Isaiah prophesied Roe v Wade.
This next one shows that organized religions legislated their religion above all else throughout history:
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein
Mr. Heinlein is right on the money in that Socialists acquired the political power.
This next one is correct up to a point:
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun
Beyond organizing hatred, legislating political correctness begins and ends with this:
First we abhor; then we tolerate; then we embrace; then we legislate. Author: Unknown
This final quotation is open to interpretation:
If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you. William A. Dembski
The freedoms guaranteed in the original Bill of Rights are being legislated away by totalitarian-minded lawmakers as well as being abolished by constitutional amendments; most notably the XVI Amendment in 1913.