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There is no moral justification for homosexual immorality even if the cutlre changes

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Are people more suspicious than they once were of moralism in public policy ? So  Ross Douthat   argues  in a column about legalized gambling and marijuana. The spread of casinos is driven by states seeking revenue and gaming lobbyists pressing their agenda, whereas weed legalization is driven by activists, "influenced by empathy for the terminally ill, and hastened by public exhaustion with the drug war," Douthat writes. "But both have been made possible by the same trend in attitudes: the rise of a live-and-let-live social libertarianism , the weakening influence of both religious conservatism and liberal communitarianism, the growing suspicion of moralism in public policy."          WE REJECT MORALS THAT FORBID HOMOSEXUALITY It's a plausible theory, but the last line about moralism makes me want to quibble. Maybe people want public policy to reflect their moral judgments as much as ever, but they no longer regard smoking marijuana or casino gamblin

Australian Labor vote NO to Homosexual Marriage or put kids at risk

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English: University of Texas at Austin wordmark. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Labor and Australian Greens from the Australian Federal Government are wanting to legalize homosexual marriage . Hanson Young sees no problem with homosexual marriage and says Churches will not be forced into marrying any homosexuals. Penny Wong herself in a lesbian relationship believes personally homosexual marriage will come in time.  All politicians must read these two studies. Base their decision with the health and welfare of children before the homosexual agenda and the social liberal elites. Randy Thomas writes: It seems like the Regnerus study finding that children raised with gay parents don’t fare so well is causing quite the stir.  One study entitled Study: Children of Parents in Same-Sex Relationships Face Greater Risks : A pair of studies published today in the journal Social Science Research turns the widely accepted notion that kids raised by parents in same-sex relationships gr