It comes down to differentiating between sins and crimes. What does the government have the right to do? They should legislate against what God considers crimes and then enforce penalties for breaking the law with blind justice. The problem is they've crossed over and become the morality police dictating what people can say and everything else. We all agree that for children to speak dissrestful to their parents is sin and a violation of the 5th commandment. Should govenment pass a law that punishes the child? If not why not? It is an overstepping of their jurisdiction/sphere into the sphere of the family and indirectly the church. Now what if the government had already overstepped that boundary and legislated against backtalking. Would asking the government to repeal that law mean that a person condones disrespectful kids and that a mass uprising of rebellious youths (thinking Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild...) swarm the land killing all parents? No. Families and churches would have to do their responsibility of nurture and discipline. I think that is what Sean is arguing for. Drugs bad. Government overstepping boundaries bad. Don't correct one bad thing with another.

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Chris Rhoades -33
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (PCA) Nashville, TN-Under Care

Vera theologia non theoretica, sed practica est; Finis siquidem eius agere est hoc est vitam vivere deiformem. - Martin Bucer
""True theology is not theoretical, but practical. The end of it is living, that is to live a godly life."