Second American Revolution: Steve Schlissel (2 of 6)

Question:-- Were the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution drafted to uphold the moral laws of God -- or were they Deistic humanist documents? If they were Christian documents, where have we gone so far off track?

Steve Schlissel: If we were going to found a republic, we would want to do it a little more self-consciously as Christians. But we have to understand something and not be naive. It always depends on men of good will continuing it, because no matter how good your document, you can always have a liberal saying that the document is no longer relevant. You can always have an argument, "That was then, this is now." This is why the greatest Christian minds in history have always recognized that it is not what laws you have, but your philosophy of law. If your philosophy of law is that law is simply something men create, then what man can give, man can take away. If your philosophy of law is that it is divine in origin, and self-consciously so, then we have to do our best to abide by God's law.

Now I need to qualify that because every source of law in every system is always its god. So if men create laws, then you believe men are gods, which is exactly what we have today. We determine laws based on popular opinion. The more people we can get to hold a particular view, we say that it must be right. If yesterday 27 percent of the people believed abortion was right and 73 percent believed it was wrong so it was against the law. The Supreme Court comes and changes it. A great propaganda campaign ensues, then opinion changes and we keep the laws. "Get the opinions, keep the laws, change the opinions, change more laws."

Homosexuals know this very well. "Let's convince people that homosexuality is not a choice that we make, not a result of perhaps of fractured childhood, or some other sin that was committed against us. But let's say that it is genetic. And then let's say that it is not fair that we can't get married. Let's continue to get that message out." Now we see ourselves toying with the very institution of marriage which is the foundation of any society. If you tinker with that your days are numbered. The marriage unit is the fundamental unit in the culture. From there the future comes. But I'm convinced that we are going to have homosexual marriages because in our culture the religion of the public square is egalitarian humanism. Homosexual marriages resonate with that and from that. It makes sense to have homosexual marriages based on their worldview. It's an abomination based on our worldview.

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[TheCuppycakedelight5]

I'm sorry, but i don't understand something, i don't mean to be disrespectful but what does this have to do with a revolution?

[ERNANN823]

Our society is based on judeo christian values, like it or not. The founders invoking in founding documents a higher power if not God himself understood the importance of the Almighty. His laws are clear about such issues as gay marriage and abortion too name a few. They placed their religious beliefs into political views and developed the greatest country God ever gave man.

[Krauser84]

If on the one hand marriage isn't important enough that it should be defended for men and women then how is it so important that homosexuals desire to have it? Marriage has been assaulted so much be allowing divorce. Keeping in mind that divorce in a religous sense is impermissible and divorce is a matter of man made government.

[Krauser84]

Did you not learn anything in school? Nazi political views were not religious unless you think that Darwinism is a religion. The works of Adolf Hitler are full of references to Darwinism in which humanity is being weakened. Hitler believed that the human race needed to be cleansed and then went about murdering people who were crippled, insane, gay, of "inferior race" ect. Take a look at Eugenics and other histories rather than simply based what you think on an opinion.

[icantfindanamethis]

Whats Americas' god?

Money? TV?....War?

[MannaBoBannaPeople]

Have you not studied Scripture or History?

[sodarenthepen]

No one will destroy society by having a sex life. What can destroy society is people telling other people what to do. Would you like me to tell you that it is forbidden to love? No? Well just live your life and let the others live theirs. By the way I'm not even gay... and I don't believe in marriages anyway, just so you know. But I live and let live. Thank you.

[Kilikimakos]

The building block of any society throughout history has been the family which always consisted of a husband, wife, and children.

Destroy the family and you destroy society.

He explains in the video why gay people destroy society. Maybe you pretend ton not understand because the truth is unpleasant.

[HCTiger9704]

I still do not understand how gay marriage is going to destoy society?

Why should his religion be the one who rule this country? He needs to learn that not everybody believes in the same stuff he does and he needs to learn that is okay. If you want an example of a religion ruling a country, look at Nazi, Germany and some of the countries in the Middle East.

[opinionhead444]

So, what's worse, a sham marriage between a dude and a chick, or an actual marriage between two dudes and/or two chicks?

Plus, Iceland legalized gay marriage 12 years ago? Why hasn't their homeland exploded in a fiery cataclysm yet?