But, consider the following, before jumping on the popular bandwagon of political-correctness:

1. it was a mirror imitation of laws given to Moses in the old government of Israel. Was Moses a "thug", Merrie?

2. all societies historically have had some form of punishment against adultery as a society, America still has laws on the books, only softened over time. Marriage is at minimum a social contract, the duty of government is to defend contracts, provide remedy to victims.

3. the purpose of government is to avenge a crime; an adulterer is a trespasser into another's marriage. If another man steals a man's wife, or a wife betrays her marriage contract, are the parties innocent? Ho...

But, consider the following, before jumping on the popular bandwagon of political-correctness:

1. it was a mirror imitation of laws given to Moses in the old government of Israel. Was Moses a "thug", Merrie?

2. all societies historically have had some form of punishment against adultery as a society, America still has laws on the books, only softened over time. Marriage is at minimum a social contract, the duty of government is to defend contracts, provide remedy to victims.

3. the purpose of government is to avenge a crime; an adulterer is a trespasser into another's marriage. If another man steals a man's wife, or a wife betrays her marriage contract, are the parties innocent? How does the one betrayed take it?

4. the leading cause of murder in the U.S. is "crimes of passion"; marital infidelity, adultery, etc, are among leading causes of MURDER where one party feels violated and takes "the law into their own hands". IS THIS NOT MORE BARBARIC THAN WHEN A GOVERNMENT JUDICIALLY PUNISHES?

Solomon wrote "Jealous is the rage of a man", and both men and women alike avenge betrayers of their own marriages today, with violence. (Women are not beyond this either, E.g. a woman drove over her cheating husband, five times, in Texas, killing him). Meanwhile, the act of government punishment of adultery has been expunged, yet people still demonstrate the vehement desire to be avenged (punish the traitor) for the wrong, which is the purpose of government. IS ADULTERY A VICTIMLESS CRIME? Search your experience before you answer..

Why enter into a social contract of marriage if government and society will not honor or defend it, but wink at trespassers and traitors as if they are innocent? Mathematically speaking Clipmarks members are familiar with this personally, and should consider their own responses and rage toward "cheaters" or wife-stealers.

But, consider the following, before jumping on the popular bandwagon of political-correctness:

Not political correctness. Moral correctness. There should be an implied "fairness" inherent in morality.

Therein lies the basic difference between secular humanism and religious morality. It is the concept of fairness. It's whats behind our system of "justice".

The concept of justice is fairness. Certain religious morals just don't evolve to meet our sense of fairness, (with the possible exception of the social gospels and non-Abrahamic religions).

We've learned to drop those old (religious) laws and replace them with secular laws. (We don't stone our women and c...

But, consider the following, before jumping on the popular bandwagon of political-correctness:

Not political correctness. Moral correctness. There should be an implied "fairness" inherent in morality.

Therein lies the basic difference between secular humanism and religious morality. It is the concept of fairness. It's whats behind our system of "justice".

The concept of justice is fairness. Certain religious morals just don't evolve to meet our sense of fairness, (with the possible exception of the social gospels and non-Abrahamic religions).

We've learned to drop those old (religious) laws and replace them with secular laws. (We don't stone our women and children to bloody death anymore.)

We treat each other (humanism) with the fairness we (men) reserve for ourselves.

IMO, they do not evolve (morally) because they (even the men) are punished severely if they speak out against the religious law.

Their own religious laws prevents their moral development. We were lucky to give that up with our very first amendment to our constitution.

We've been gaining more and more freedom ever since. (Until Bush came along, that is.)