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	<title>Comments on: &#8216;Counterfeit clergy&#8217; back DC&#8217;s same-sex &#8216;marriage&#8217; push</title>
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		<title>By: ccline</title>
		<link>http://baptistbrethren.com/blog/counterfeit-clergy-back-dcs-same-sex-marriage-push/comment-page-1/#comment-485</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>U.S. law isn?t based upon ?biblical principles.??

Really which one?

PRINCIPLE:
Sovereign authority of God,not
sovereignty of the state,or sovereignty of man.

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Mayflower Compact, Declaration, Constitution, currency, oaths, mention of God in all 50 state constitutions, Pledge of Allegiance. 

BIBLE:
Ex. 18:16, 20:3, Dt. 10:20, 2 Chron. 7:14, Ps. 83:18, 91:2, Isa. 9:6-7, Dan. 4:32, Jn. 19:11, Acts 5:29, Rom. 13:1, Col. 1:15-20, 1 Tim. 6:15

PRINCIPLE:  
Existence of objective moral values, Fixed standards, Absolute truth, Sanctity of life.

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration (&quot;unalienable&quot; rights?life, etc., &quot;self-evident&quot; truths) 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:1-17, Dt. 30:19, Ps. 119: 142-152, Pr. 14:34, Isa. 5:20-21, Jn. 10:10, Rom. 2:15, Heb. 13:8

PRINCIPLE:
Rule of law rather than authority of man.
 
LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration,Constitution

BIBLE:
Ex. 18-24, Dt. 17:20, Isa. 8:19-20, Mat. 5:17-18

PRINCIPLE:  
All men are sinners 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Constitutional checks and balances

BIBLE:
Gen. 8:21, Jer. 17:9, Mk. 7: 20-23, Rom. 3:23, 1 Jn 1:8  

PRINCIPLE:
All men created equal. 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration 

BIBLE:
Acts 10:34, 17:26, Gal. 3:28, 1 Pet. 2:17  

PRINCIPLE:
Judicial, legislative, and executive branches 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Constitution 

BIBLE:
Isa. 33:22 

PRINCIPLE:
Religious freedom 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
First Amendment 

BIBLE:
1 Tim. 2:1-2 

PRINCIPLE:
Church protected from state control (&amp; taxation), but church to influence the state.

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
First Amendment 

BIBLE:
Dt. 17:18-20, 1 Kgs. 3:28, Ezra 7:24, Neh. 8:2, 1 Sam. 7:15-10:27, 15:10-31, 2 Sam. 12:1-18, Mat. 14:3-4, Lk. 3:7-14, 11:52, Acts 4:26-29  

PRINCIPLE:
Democracy/Republic 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Constitution 

BIBLE:
Ex. 18:21, Dt. 1:13, Jud. 8:22, 9:6, 1 Sam. 8, 2 Sam. 16:18, 2 Kgs. 14:21, Pr. 11:14, 24:6  

PRINCIPLE:
Importance of governing self and family as first level of governance 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
First, Second, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments 

BIBLE:
Mat. 18:15-18, Gal. 5:16-26, 1 Cor. 6:1-11, 1 Tim. 3:1-5, Tit. 2:1-8  

PRINCIPLE:
Establish justice 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration 

BIBLE:
Ex. 23:1-9, Lev. 19:15, Dt. 1:17, 16:19-20, 24:17-19, 1 Sam. 8:3, 2 Sam. 8:15,  1 Kings 3:28, 10:9, Mic. 6:8, Rom. 13:4 

PRINCIPLE:
Fair trial with witnesses 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Sixth Amendment 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:16, Dt. 19:15, Pr. 24:28, 25:18, Mat. 18:16  

PRINCIPLE:
Private property rights 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Fifth Amendment 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:15,17 

PRINCIPLE:
Biblical liberty, Free enterprise 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration 

BIBLE:
Lev. 25:10, Jn. 8:36, 2 Cor. 3:17, Gal. 5:1, James 1:25, 1 Pet. 2:16  

PRINCIPLE:
Creation not evolution 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Declaration 

BIBLE:
Gen. 1:1 

PRINCIPLE:
Biblical capitalism not Darwinian capitalism (service and fair play over strict survival of the fittest) 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Anti-trust laws 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:17, Mat. 20:26, 25:14-30, 2 Thes. 3:6-15, 1 Pet. 2:16  

PRINCIPLE:
Importance of the traditional family 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
State sodomy laws,few reasons for divorce 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:12,14, Mat. 19:1-12, Mk. 10:2-12, Rom. 1:18-2:16, 1 Cor. 7:1-40  

PRINCIPLE:
Religious education encouraged 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Northwest Ordinance 

BIBLE:
Dt. 6:4-7, Pr. 22:6, Mat. 18:6, Eph. 6:4  

PRINCIPLE:
Servanthood not political power 

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Concept of public servant 

BIBLE:
Ex. 18:21, Rom. 13:4, Php. 2:7 

PRINCIPLE:
Sabbath day holy

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
&quot;Blue laws&quot; 

BIBLE:
Ex. 20:8 

PRINCIPLE:
Restitution

LEGAL DOCUMENT:
Restitution laws 

BIBLE:
Lev. 6:1-5, Num. 5:5-7, Mat. 5:23-26</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>U.S. law isn?t based upon ?biblical principles.??</p>
<p>Really which one?</p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Sovereign authority of God,not<br />
sovereignty of the state,or sovereignty of man.</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Mayflower Compact, Declaration, Constitution, currency, oaths, mention of God in all 50 state constitutions, Pledge of Allegiance. </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 18:16, 20:3, Dt. 10:20, 2 Chron. 7:14, Ps. 83:18, 91:2, Isa. 9:6-7, Dan. 4:32, Jn. 19:11, Acts 5:29, Rom. 13:1, Col. 1:15-20, 1 Tim. 6:15</p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Existence of objective moral values, Fixed standards, Absolute truth, Sanctity of life.</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration (&#8220;unalienable&#8221; rights?life, etc., &#8220;self-evident&#8221; truths) </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:1-17, Dt. 30:19, Ps. 119: 142-152, Pr. 14:34, Isa. 5:20-21, Jn. 10:10, Rom. 2:15, Heb. 13:8</p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Rule of law rather than authority of man.</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration,Constitution</p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 18-24, Dt. 17:20, Isa. 8:19-20, Mat. 5:17-18</p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
All men are sinners </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Constitutional checks and balances</p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Gen. 8:21, Jer. 17:9, Mk. 7: 20-23, Rom. 3:23, 1 Jn 1:8  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
All men created equal. </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Acts 10:34, 17:26, Gal. 3:28, 1 Pet. 2:17  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Judicial, legislative, and executive branches </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Constitution </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Isa. 33:22 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Religious freedom </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
First Amendment </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
1 Tim. 2:1-2 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Church protected from state control (&#038; taxation), but church to influence the state.</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
First Amendment </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Dt. 17:18-20, 1 Kgs. 3:28, Ezra 7:24, Neh. 8:2, 1 Sam. 7:15-10:27, 15:10-31, 2 Sam. 12:1-18, Mat. 14:3-4, Lk. 3:7-14, 11:52, Acts 4:26-29  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Democracy/Republic </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Constitution </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 18:21, Dt. 1:13, Jud. 8:22, 9:6, 1 Sam. 8, 2 Sam. 16:18, 2 Kgs. 14:21, Pr. 11:14, 24:6  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Importance of governing self and family as first level of governance </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
First, Second, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Mat. 18:15-18, Gal. 5:16-26, 1 Cor. 6:1-11, 1 Tim. 3:1-5, Tit. 2:1-8  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Establish justice </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 23:1-9, Lev. 19:15, Dt. 1:17, 16:19-20, 24:17-19, 1 Sam. 8:3, 2 Sam. 8:15,  1 Kings 3:28, 10:9, Mic. 6:8, Rom. 13:4 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Fair trial with witnesses </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Sixth Amendment </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:16, Dt. 19:15, Pr. 24:28, 25:18, Mat. 18:16  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Private property rights </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Fifth Amendment </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:15,17 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Biblical liberty, Free enterprise </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Lev. 25:10, Jn. 8:36, 2 Cor. 3:17, Gal. 5:1, James 1:25, 1 Pet. 2:16  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Creation not evolution </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Declaration </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Gen. 1:1 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Biblical capitalism not Darwinian capitalism (service and fair play over strict survival of the fittest) </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Anti-trust laws </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:17, Mat. 20:26, 25:14-30, 2 Thes. 3:6-15, 1 Pet. 2:16  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Importance of the traditional family </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
State sodomy laws,few reasons for divorce </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:12,14, Mat. 19:1-12, Mk. 10:2-12, Rom. 1:18-2:16, 1 Cor. 7:1-40  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Religious education encouraged </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Northwest Ordinance </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Dt. 6:4-7, Pr. 22:6, Mat. 18:6, Eph. 6:4  </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Servanthood not political power </p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Concept of public servant </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 18:21, Rom. 13:4, Php. 2:7 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Sabbath day holy</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
&#8220;Blue laws&#8221; </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Ex. 20:8 </p>
<p>PRINCIPLE:<br />
Restitution</p>
<p>LEGAL DOCUMENT:<br />
Restitution laws </p>
<p>BIBLE:<br />
Lev. 6:1-5, Num. 5:5-7, Mat. 5:23-26</p>
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		<title>By: Britney Bennett</title>
		<link>http://baptistbrethren.com/blog/counterfeit-clergy-back-dcs-same-sex-marriage-push/comment-page-1/#comment-484</link>
		<dc:creator>Britney Bennett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, U.S. law isn&#039;t based upon &quot;biblical principles.&quot;  Clergy who are opposed to same-sex marriage need not perform them.

Not that this changes anything.  Churches are currently free to marry, or not marry, whomever they wish.

As it should be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, U.S. law isn&#8217;t based upon &#8220;biblical principles.&#8221;  Clergy who are opposed to same-sex marriage need not perform them.</p>
<p>Not that this changes anything.  Churches are currently free to marry, or not marry, whomever they wish.</p>
<p>As it should be.</p>
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