Comments on: Politics http://www.alterform.com/thoughts/politics Nate Cavanaugh is a designer & developer located in Southern California. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Wayward Son http://www.alterform.com/thoughts/politics/comment-page-1#comment-222 Wayward Son Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:21:02 +0000 http://localhost:8888/miscellaneous/politics#comment-222 <p>OK… here I go. Please consider this a discussion that serves as much to help me refine my beliefs and point of view as it does to convince you they are worthy of consideration. </p> <p> Morality cannot be legislated successfully on any issue. Why? Because legislation is requires enforcement and you cannot force people to do anything. One, or many, can influence people to behave in a certain way but to force them is to ultimately have them choose between enslavement or death. This is, in part, why the separation of church and state is so crucial to the evolution of civilizationâ OK… here I go. Please consider this a discussion that serves as much to help me refine my beliefs and point of view as it does to convince you they are worthy of consideration.

Morality cannot be legislated successfully on any issue. Why? Because legislation is requires enforcement and you cannot force people to do anything. One, or many, can influence people to behave in a certain way but to force them is to ultimately have them choose between enslavement or death. This is, in part, why the separation of church and state is so crucial to the evolution of civilizationâ

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