Quote Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT View Post
However, I don't see why allowing gays to get married by the government or believing in evolution or using contraception would endanger my faith.
It wouldn't unless you were: (1) trying to impose it on others; or (2) Lacked the confidence in your faith to permit other points of view to be heard.

Quote Originally Posted by Stigmata View Post
Freedom: seems to me if you're not free to make a mistake or do something stupid, then you're not really free, are you? But human behaviour can be, and often is, abhorrent...and laws seems to be needed to curb behaviour and effectively limit choices. Looks like we are, after all..."Human . . . all too human."
So, governing so as to impose your religious or moral beliefs on others shouldn't happen, unless there's a real danger, should it? And if others are free to do things that are abhorrent to your beliefs, they aren't interfering with your right to believe or practice your religion, are they? It's not a bad principle: government cannot prevent you from practicing your religion and it cannot promote religion (freedom from religion). I wonder where that comes from.