I respect that, the act of homosexuality is immortal, so what are gay people supposed to do? abstain from sexual acts? and the real question is, why should they do that? what kind of life will they live if they are told : Its ok that you are gay, but, its not O.K that you want to live your life.

Anybody has a good answer?

also, WHITE adult males…..Im not even gonna comment that….

so unless you were being sarcastic (and i really hope) join us in the 21 century.
Its gonna stay that way, deal with it…

I do think we have to be careful of trying to eliminate all belief and faith influences from our leaders. I don’t think it would be possible, but if it were, we would need to be prepared to give up some of the freedoms that we now enjoy that were derived from those faith influences. We would need to be willing to embrace a “nature driven” culture, like the rest of the natural world. For example, we seek to preserve animal rights to live as wild, killing and domineering one another as nature sees fit, the whole circle of life thing. No animal is ever held on trial in the wild for wronging another animal, it’s just the order of nature, survival of the fittest, and it’s accepted and we seek to preserve it. However, we don’t apply the same logic to mankind. If faith systems and the moral implications of those faith systems are removed, then we are we left only with the natural order, which operates on the basis of the strong overtaking the weak for survival, and that would be the way it is. Yet somehow we know that there should be care for the poor and justice for the oppressed, even when there would no longer be any logical rationale for it. Something tells us humans are held to a different standard and their is intrinsic value in all, just because they are human.

To seek to eliminate all faith from politics, and yet keep hold of the freedoms that the moral implications that those faith inputs have established, would mean using God for our own selfish advantages. It doesn’t seem we can have it both ways.

I’d be much more satisfied if it was an interview done with religious leaders from all over the country to address spiritual matters. I’d be intrigued and genuinely find that a must-watch. What I saw however was (or rather heard since I listened from MPR) was political questions intermingled with things like ‘How do you express your faith in Jesus Christ?’. Now if that question doesn’t say “religious favoritism” I’m not sure what will. Where does that put Jewish people? American Jews are just as much citizens as American Christians. Yet they don’t have a Jewish candidate running in one of the two main parties for President. This may be satisfying the majority, but that’s not justification for alienating a minority. And especially when in the majority it’s easy to forget that. So I hope you would not demean other people who do not share your beliefs.