Religion, Culture and Homophobia

[koshergrl]

Here's one of the so-called "progressive" governments that coyote would have us emulate..celebrate their muslim mayor with her.

London’s Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements

 

[Coyote]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

 

[Coyote]

Here's one of the so-called "progressive" governments that coyote would have us emulate..celebrate their muslim mayor with her.

London’s Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements

You're reading skills are still sadly inadequate. I support secular systems of government.

 

[norwegen]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

I'm not sure what the Crucible is, but speaking of witchcraft, the New England witch trials are an example of Christians committing offenses not in the name of Christ but in the name of mass hysteria. People of any following can generate torrents of suspicion, madness, and fear among themselves, but the events of the 1690s are useful to the lefties and atheists in disparaging the Scriptures; the two are completely unrelated.

Islam, on the other hand, draws its dark inspirations directly from its sacred text.

 

[norwegen]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

 

[irosie91]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

I'm not sure what the Crucible is, but speaking of witchcraft, the New England witch trials are an example of Christians committing offenses not in the name of Christ but in the name of mass hysteria. People of any following can generate torrents of suspicion, madness, and fear among themselves, but the events of the 1690s are useful to the lefties and atheists in disparaging the Scriptures; the two are completely unrelated.

Islam, on the other hand, draws its dark inspirations directly from its sacred text.

THE CRUCIBLE is a play written by Marilyn Monroe's (JFK's girlfriend) husband---Arthur Miller. It is all about the SALEM WITCH TRIALS-------and read by every kid in the USA in high school---sometimes even ACTED OUT---------uhm......I suspect that you were not paying attention in the 10th grade

 

[irosie91]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

??? you seem a bit overwhelmed----Norwegen-------anyway----it won't happen

 

[bodecea]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

No we are not...we have a majority of christians...but we are not a christian country...we are a country of secular laws.

 

[Coyote]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

Islam doesn't proliferate in our law books. No religion does. Nice try though.

If patriotism means an expungement of draconian religious sodomy laws, then you are welcome.

 

[norwegen]

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

I'm not sure what the Crucible is, but speaking of witchcraft, the New England witch trials are an example of Christians committing offenses not in the name of Christ but in the name of mass hysteria. People of any following can generate torrents of suspicion, madness, and fear among themselves, but the events of the 1690s are useful to the lefties and atheists in disparaging the Scriptures; the two are completely unrelated.

Islam, on the other hand, draws its dark inspirations directly from its sacred text.

THE CRUCIBLE is a play written by Marilyn Monroe's (JFK's girlfriend) husband---Arthur Miller. It is all about the SALEM WITCH TRIALS-------and read by every kid in the USA in high school---sometimes even ACTED OUT---------uhm......I suspect that you were not paying attention in the 10th grade

I must have been in church that day.

 

[irosie91]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

No we are not...we have a majority of christians...but we are not a christian country...we are a country of secular laws.

nope ---DEEPLY ENTRENCHED in Christian ----European ---culture

 

[norwegen]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

??? you seem a bit overwhelmed----Norwegen-------anyway----it won't happen

The rate of murders in America committed by Muslims is already on the rise.

 

[irosie91]

New York-----I am not sure----but it may be true that in New York ADULTERY is still a FELONY. -----how much time did ruggles do ---wegen?

Three months.

People v. Ruggles | Blasphemy

Sodomy laws and adultery laws are examples of the Christianity embedded in our legal tradition. Some of these laws are off the books now, to be sure, but whether off or on the books, Christianity and republicanism are, indeed our tradition, and offenses committed in the name of Christ have been subject to prosecution, and they have not been scriptural.

ok---yes---I agree----the USA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY------it is silly to deny that fact-----There is even now ----a REVIVAL OF "THE CRUCIBLE"------witches and the devil-----can't get more Christian than that

I'm not sure what the Crucible is, but speaking of witchcraft, the New England witch trials are an example of Christians committing offenses not in the name of Christ but in the name of mass hysteria. People of any following can generate torrents of suspicion, madness, and fear among themselves, but the events of the 1690s are useful to the lefties and atheists in disparaging the Scriptures; the two are completely unrelated.

Islam, on the other hand, draws its dark inspirations directly from its sacred text.

THE CRUCIBLE is a play written by Marilyn Monroe's (JFK's girlfriend) husband---Arthur Miller. It is all about the SALEM WITCH TRIALS-------and read by every kid in the USA in high school---sometimes even ACTED OUT---------uhm......I suspect that you were not paying attention in the 10th grade

I must have been in church that day.

OY It's ok-----if it was THE METHODIST
CHURCH----you lived it

 

[irosie91]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

??? you seem a bit overwhelmed----Norwegen-------anyway----it won't happen

The rate of murders in America committed by Muslims is already on the rise.

probably true----but the US does not keep crime stats based on religious affiliation-----you got a link?

 

[norwegen]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

Islam doesn't proliferate in our law books. .

Did I say that?

 

[Tilly]

We are not a Christian country, but rather a secular country with secular laws. Until relatively recently in our history, we had laws against sodomy. Prior to 1962, being convicted of sodomy was a felony in every state, with sentences ranging from lengthy imprisonment (up to life), hard labor, castration. That was when we when Christianity had a greater influence on our legal structure and yes...they were prosecuted.

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

Islam doesn't proliferate in our law books. .

Did I say that?

They usually start by holding their shariah courts in the back rooms of mosques.

 

[Lipush]

As long as your leaders evade saying "RADICAL ISLAM" and not dealing with as in RADICAL ISLAM, you'll keep hearing of those situations.

Except "Radical Islam" doesn't account for the majority of anti-gay hate crimes and killings in America.

But it does account for the majority of cases of infidels being butchered for no apparent reason

 

[Lipush]

It is interesting to find out how "accepted" homosexuals are around the world. Meanwhile, the mass murder terror attack yesterday was done by a guy who not only yelled allah akbar but called the police to tell them about his allegiance to ISIS. To suggest that global attitudes about homosexuality drove this freak to kill a bunch of people, seems to me to be a non sequitur.

Homophobia - regardless of the religion behind it - is what drove this person to do what he did. He hated homosexuals and I'm not sure what difference it makes whether he yells "allah akbar" or "halleluja".

Closer to reality is that he hates all infidels, sure, that includes homosexuals. ISIS freaks don't yell hallelujah, they yell allah akbar.

If he generically hated all infidels, he would not have chosen a specifically homosexual venue.

If he had shot up a synagogue, would you wonder why he chose a specifically Jewish venue?

He was going to commit murder-suicide in only one location.

There was also the factor that he was reportedly angered by seeing to men kissing.

Oh, PLEASE

The man swore loyalty to Isis.

You can try and twist it how you'd like. It was, and it STILL is,, about radical Islam, in this case.

Sheesh. Give it a rest.

 

[norwegen]

Social and political theories of New England Puritanism are embedded in our common law.

In 1811, a year after John Ruggles publically slandered Jesus Christ and His mother Mary in a New York pub, he was tried and jailed for blasphemy. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice of New York, James Kent, said, “The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.” The sentence seems harsh, even by nineteenth-century measures, but it asserted a legal connection between Christianity and American republicanism.

Attorney and jurist Joseph Story observed that Christianity was part of the common law. A virtuous people, said Story, believe that piety, religion, and morality are “indispensable to the administration of civil justice.” In his treatise on the Constitution, Story writes that the real object of the First Amendment “was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects.”


See Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Quid Pro Books, 2013)

That would certainly explain the harsh anti-sodomy laws.

Fortunately, we are now a secular country.

As Christianity is expunged from our law books, atheism and Islam proliferates. The murder rate resulting from this clash of cultures will only rise.

Thank you for your patriotism.

Islam doesn't proliferate in our law books. .

Did I say that?

They usually start by holding their shariah courts in the back rooms of mosques.

And then in some small communities in Michigan and Texas.

 

[Coyote]

Homophobia - regardless of the religion behind it - is what drove this person to do what he did. He hated homosexuals and I'm not sure what difference it makes whether he yells "allah akbar" or "halleluja".

Closer to reality is that he hates all infidels, sure, that includes homosexuals. ISIS freaks don't yell hallelujah, they yell allah akbar.

If he generically hated all infidels, he would not have chosen a specifically homosexual venue.

If he had shot up a synagogue, would you wonder why he chose a specifically Jewish venue?

He was going to commit murder-suicide in only one location.

There was also the factor that he was reportedly angered by seeing to men kissing.

Oh, PLEASE

The man swore loyalty to Isis.

You can try and twist it how you'd like. It was, and it STILL is,, about radical Islam, in this case.

Sheesh. Give it a rest.

And of course, it can't be anything else and naturally, you won't look at anything else nor look deeper. It can't possibly be homophobia, and if he weren't going after gays he'd go after Jews (despite nothing in the evidence indicating that).