Judicial activism? In North Carolina?

The Reverend Mark Creech of the Christian Action League of North Carolina has written a column on the recent court case invalidating (sort of, kind of) the 201-year old cohabitation law in North Carolina.

Creech claims that the decision was “judicial activism at its best.” He also states that the decision, which ruled on the side of privacy, “lowers [a] great moral standard” in our state.

Golly… I must have missed the memo somewhere. I wonder where I was when it was circulated… I mean, I’m usually up to par on stuff like this.

Really though, who knew that government intrusion into the private domestic and sexual life of citizens was a North Carolinian moral value?

This is what bugs me about the “Irreligious Wrong” and the radical portions of the so-called “moral righteous.” If they want a theocracy then they should go and find some deserted island somewhere and make one. America isn’t a theocracy.

Creech’s argument that the law was “right” and “justified” based on his insistence that the state uphold the Seventh Commandment against adultery is just ludicrous. Yes… many of our laws are based on religious teachings, but those “teachings” are universal ones; they aren’t confined to Christianity. As far as I’m aware, adultery, rape, theft, lying, incest, murder, etc., etc. etc. aren’t highly valued in any world religion of which I’m aware.

It isn’t the job of the government to enforce religious doctrine. If citizens decide that they are going to get in on with someone before marriage or if they are going to cheat on their boyfriends/girlfriends/wifes/husbands/what-have-you then why is it any concern of the government? Do you not think the government has enough to deal with already? You really want to throw pre-marital counseling and supervision of a parental-like nature into the pot with managing the economy, the War on Terror, the Iraqi War and the crisis in the Middle East?

You self-righteous, nosey, Irreligious Wrong busy-bodies just need to get a life. It is none of your business and it is no business of the government who someone is or isn’t sleeping with (unless it is rape or pedophilia, of course) or if they are married or not when they are living together or screwing each other. Go gossip about your neighbors or something and keep your hypocritical, “I know better than you,” “You need to listen to God’s Word” self out of my life and our Church-State separated government.

H/T: TarGator at BlueNC.com

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