re: #26 Political Atheist

My perspective on morality come from a decade studying regularly at a Buddhist temple. That perspective states clearly that harming another person is immoral. Not disagreeing with you, it’s just a philosophical vs legal POV.

Then it’s irrelevant; we’re talking about legality.

And sure, there are plenty of people who argue the moral basis of laws. But here in the US, the laws are to uphold the constitution, which is about rights, and not morality. There are bleed-over cases where morals have fed in, especially religious morals, but those are the exceptions and are usually examples like this one— of persecuting homosexuality— that are clearly in error.