What to Expect

When did this country, a country whose founding fathers believed in science, learning, education, and information begin to legislate and govern on feelings more than facts? Morality shouldn't be governed. The inherit rights of everyone in this country are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all laws should reflect those 3 basic principles. That means not legislating peoples actions or words unless they directly affect other people: we have freedom of speech, for example, but can be sued for slander or go to jail for yelling 'fire' in a crowded movie theater. When politicians begin legislating morality you change from a democracy to a theocracy. "The bible says" is a way of leading ones own life, not a country. Examples of this are found in many places in American law: drug laws, gun laws, abortion laws, laws against suicide or euthanasia, marriage laws, etc.