Do republicans want to outlaw adultry and pre marital sex?

maybe we can ask Mitt's father and grandfather and then ask Glenn Rice.....

 

There are many old laws on the books of many states but are no longer enforced. You would be surprised at what old laws are still on the books.

I think we have taken freedom much farther than our forefathers ever dreamed. They would turn over in their grave if they saw what we consider our rights. It would seem every decent thing we ever believed in for centuries has been abandoned for what we call freedom. I'm not just talking about religion. Many people's idea of right and wrong isn't that far off from what religion teaches. That's because both see it as the decent thing to do.

 

Here are some of God's laws. Are they much different than any good citizen would believe in?



Honour thy father and thy mother.

Thou shalt not kill.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.


Thou shalt not steal.


Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,


thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's

 

I'm going to answer with the OP with a cautiously optimistic, "No."

I don't think republicans want to outlaw adultery and premarital sex. Well. Some of them do. But it's not something I expect just because a lot of republicans get elected.

But now I'm going to read the thread and see what the republicans say. Let's see if I'm right ...

 

There aren't good grounds for a lot of things that nevertheless get done. The government can do pretty much anything it's told to.

 

So you agree that adultery and/or premarital sex should be outlawed?

 

I agree with all of those commandments, but I don't think they have a place in secular law.

And I'll admit that I've never understood the above command. I think it maybe requires an economic paradigm that I'm unfamiliar with.

 

No, I believe they are wrong, but I don't believe there should be a law against them. I have no right to force my feelings on others.

I'll ask again since I got no reply. Here are some of the Ten Commandments. Are they much different than many good Americans believe in, religious or not?

Here are some of God's laws. Are they much different than any good citizen would believe in?



Honour thy father and thy mother.

Thou shalt not kill.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.


Thou shalt not steal.


Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.


Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,


thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's

 

Here is what it means.

cov·et
   [kuhv-it] Show IPA

verb (used with object)
1.
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.


In other words you shouldn't try and take those things away from them. Such as trying to put the make on your neighbor's wife. Maybe making a bet to get a neighbor's property.

 

Don't lust after your neighbor's wife or any of his stuff. Be thankful for what you have.

 

Good luck with that

 

Yes, in some ways we are all weak. That can make you weak in the knees. One Commandment broken,

 

If you're 'gay', that's easy.

I know those women are beautiful... but as usual, as a gay guy they just look like "artwork" to me.

Even so, caring about who you might hurt by cheating with someone... helps a lot with self control. As much as I have wanted some people physically, I was careful to consider the hurt adultery might cause.

 

Absolutly and that's what decent people do. You don't have to be religious to know in your heart what's right and wrong. Many of God's laws are no different than that.

 

Premarital sex is nobody's business, certainly not the government's, but outlawing and providing harsh penalties for adultery is reasonable, and really a good idea. It is, quite simply, breach of contract, the most important contract of a person's life. If you join the military, you sign a contract. If you go AWOL, you can go to prison. One's loyaly to their spouse should be no less than their loyalty to their government and the law should reflect that. Don't like it? Well no one is forcing you to get married in the first place.

 

You can break a contract with an agreement on both sides. You can break a marriage contract with a divorce . I don't believe in adultry. My first wife committed it on me. But I also don't want a woman that doesn't want me fully. That's between me and her, not some court.

 

Do you know what the difference is between "window-shopping" and "shoplifting"?

 

If only people would ask themselves if it's the "right thing to do" before they did it...imagine what a world could be living in by now. Everybody justifies everything for cash. Knowing what's right and what's wrong is unbelievably simple to determine and it's a shame nobody approaches thing that way.

 

Again... self control is enhanced greatly by caring for others. I've found friendship, trust and love to be worth all the self control I can muster.

If someone would be hurt by the cheating (or other behavior), don't do it. Love/friendship is worth a lot more than a sexual encounter.

 

Agreed. I'm not advocating that the strict "no divorce" policy espoused by Jesus be made into law. But I do believe that the law exists to keep people from doing harm to one another, and cheating on your spouse is doing harm.

 

But it's one of those kooks who's going to be the nominee and if they win, president of the U.S.

Once they're in office, they're going to be totally at the mercy of the Christian Right just as Bush was and will have to pay them back for getting him elected by appointing religious nutter SC Justices and try to overturn Roe v. Wade, etc. The Republican Party will have little to no influence on a president elected from this field and that should scare even you.

 

The First Amendment limits the influence that religion has on government. It's a lot less than the limits placed on business or the rich.

As for appointees to the USSC. It can't be as bad as a Liberal thinking that their decisions should be based on experiences instead of what the law says.

 

If it has to do with Sex ... they are afraid of it.

 

There are nuts everywhere, even ones that Post things like this. Get real!

 

does that include an Alaska sportscaster sleeping with a black basketball player while engaged to a guy named Todd?