Iowa’s GOP Senate Candidates Vow to Block Judges Who Won’t Follow ‘Biblical Law’ (crime rates, compared)

[Spaten_Drinker]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

The lunatic fringe surfaces in another senate race. This will make defeating whichever clown the GOP picks even easier.

That "lunatic fringe" is over 80% of the country.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Judges are PEOPLE, not ROBOTS. The people want their judges to use a moral compass derived from the teachings of the Bible. I prefer that than morality based on an episode of an MTV reality show.

No, the people do not want their judges to favor one religion over another.

Your preference is for a theocracy. That is not what we have, nor do most of the people in this country want a theocracy.

[Retroit]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." -Declaration of Independence

Our rights come from God. If you don't like it, move somewhere else.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Judges are PEOPLE, not ROBOTS. The people want their judges to use a moral compass derived from the teachings of the Bible. I prefer that than morality based on an episode of an MTV reality show.

Agree completely. There are moral absolutes. There is right and wrong.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

That "lunatic fringe" is over 80% of the country.

Do you ever think that in the grand scheme of things, it's the 20% that are the lunatics?

[Spaten_Drinker]

Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge

No, the people do not want their judges to favor one religion over another.

Your preference is for a theocracy. That is not what we have, nor do most of the people in this country want a theocracy.

Most of the moral teachings of the Bible are UNIVERSAL. They do not favor one religion over another. There is no theocracy here.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Retroit

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." -Declaration of Independence

Our rights come from God. If you don't like it, move somewhere else.

And governments derive their power from the governed. Not from the religions fanatics. If you don't like living in a secular nation, move somewhere else. Saudi Arabia's theocracy restricts people in many of the ways that you favor.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Bideshi

Agree completely. There are moral absolutes. There is right and wrong.

And it's wrong to dictate to others what their religious beliefs should be.

[hothulamaui]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Most of the moral teachings of the Bible are UNIVERSAL. They do not favor one religion over another. There is no theocracy here.

you don't need the bible or religion to tell the difference between right and wrong.

[EntropyGuardian]

Originally Posted by hothulamaui

you don't need the bible or religion to tell the difference between right and wrong.

And if you do, you have bigger problems to worry about that judge appointments in Iowa.