I consider them to be fundamentalist, you don't; we can perhaps chalk that up to semantics, but based on my understanding, a fundamentalist group typically advocates a social model based on a fundamental (often literal) understanding of a religious text.
You can advocate political positions based on your religious views. You have every right to do that. However, our Constitution and our laws are secular, and it is highly inappropriate to suggest that we should be obligated to ensure that our laws are "Biblical". Our laws should be Constitutional. If enforcing a "Biblical" principle on all Americans violates their Constitutional rights, then that law could not be permitted under our Constitution.
Focus on the Family doesn't directly speak about the evils of gays, but they are sure to point out that our "deviant lifestyle" is disruptive to society, destroys the sanctity of marriage, and should not be given any sense of legitimacy by our government. Their arguments are not supported by facts, statistics, or science, yet they are demanding that an entire major demographic is marginalized and subject to discrimination based on those arguments.
The position of FotF regarding birth control has always been as restrictive as they felt they could possibly get people to accept at the time. The Bush Administration's recent push to ban many types of common contraception can easily be traced to FotF lobbying.
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I consider them to be fundamentalist, you don't; we can perhaps chalk that up to semantics, but based on my understanding, a fundamentalist group typically advocates a social model based on a fundamental (often literal) understanding of a religious text.
You can advocate political positions based on your religious views. You have every right to do that. However, our Constitution and our laws are secular, and it is highly inappropriate to suggest that we should be obligated to ensure that our laws are "Biblical". Our laws should be Constitutional. If enforcing a "Biblical" principle on all Americans violates their Constitutional rights, then that law could not be permitted under our Constitution.
Focus on the Family doesn't directly speak about the evils of gays, but they are sure to point out that our "deviant lifestyle" is disruptive to society, destroys the sanctity of marriage, and should not be given any sense of legitimacy by our government. Their arguments are not supported by facts, statistics, or science, yet they are demanding that an entire major demographic is marginalized and subject to discrimination based on those arguments.
The position of FotF regarding birth control has always been as restrictive as they felt they could possibly get people to accept at the time. The Bush Administration's recent push to ban many types of common contraception can easily be traced to FotF lobbying.