"A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood shall be a fugitive until death; let no one support him." Proverbs 28:17 We thumb our nose at God and kill the innocent while murderers like Obama strut about like proud peacocks at their effortless accomplishments, requiring only the skill at playing the siren's flute as the ships pass by and crash on the reefs.

Easy enough to separate Church and State. That is no problem, but the founders did not intend to separate the principle of morality - specifically Judeo-Christian, not Mohammedan, Buddhist, Jainistic, pantheistic, ad infinitum. Their private correspondence and public policies illustrate this aplenty..as Mr. Norris indicates. Every culture and civilization adopts - formally or informally -the rules by which it lives and chooses to abide. The ACLU, progressive liberals (so-called) and Radical Left have as their intent to fill in the vacuum being created as the West continues to jettison the morality that once defined our heritage. Water does not rise higher than its source. Nor can one expect the aforementioned group to abide by a code...

If our pantywaist lawmakers and judges had enough gonads, there'd be fewer rapists plying their trade. Their lives would be snuffed out in a heartbeat. I would gladly cast the first stone on any convicted aggravated rapist (including any kind against children, the disabled). Ecclesiastes 8:11 comes to mind here. Look it up.

To David, where do you get your "should" to lecture others about a supposed universal moral code? You would not be writing if this code was universal. You have certain assumptions about morality, just as this writer does. he presents his as stemming from man made in God's image. On the other hand, if made is just a glob of impersonal matter with no reference point for morality, he must construct his own. This was attempted by Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Chairman Mao and others. Morality is not just "out there." I am afraid that you use of the modals "should/ought to/must/ etc..." are hijacked from another world view that assumes moral absolutes because of a Moral Lawgiver who has revealed Himself in the natural realm, the conscience and...