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Only people who know this answer, please only respond. Thanks. And also, do you know if it discusses the way that God didn't want gay marriage obviously because he made Adam and Eve (not Adam and Steve) and because he told Noah to put a female and male animal on the arc together?

2006-06-13 08:57:39 · 7 answers · asked by mani boo/poo 2 in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

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The Constitution does not discuss any Biblical laws. The expressed reason for that can be found in the Establishment Clause of Article One of the Constitution. Lengthy debate accompanied this clause in the Constitutional Convention. Ultimately it was decided that the institutions of government and religion MUST be kept separate and independent of eachother to prevent future infringement upon either one upon the other. As a result, this clause is typically referred to as the 'separation of church and state' clause.

Constitutionally and historically, it is apparent that the constitution has no legal precedence for any amendment that would in any way limit the rights or priveleges of American citizens. No amendment (other than Prohibition, which of course was repealed) has ever provided that rights be lost. The founders of the U.S. and drafters of the Constitution make clear that constitutional law and religion do not, and should not mix.

2006-06-13 09:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by Chris W 2 · 2 1

I do not know if there are any biblical laws in the Constitution due to the fact of the seperation of church and state. There is also a line in the Declaration of Independance that states that each person has the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Each person has these. Nobody can take them away, not even the government. If Adam and Steve want to get married in order to be happy, should it be a problem. According to the Declaration of Independance, no.

2006-06-13 16:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by Alanna 3 · 0 0

No. The Constitution does not discuss biblical laws, in fact they made it very clear that there was to be a division of church and state in the Constitution. There is also no mention of gay marriage at all. Of course there was also no mention of rights for blacks or women or any other minority in it either. Should we take those rights back because they were not specifically mentioned?

2006-06-13 16:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by bookwyrm69 1 · 0 0

no there is no direct biblical quotes in any of our laws. but the basis of our laws .

one our founding fathers were Christians , who looked at the English government and saw their short comings. one which the government ran the church and there was no freedom to have a relationship with Jesus. that is why the freedom of religion is the first freedom listed in the bill of rights. what the founders did not want was a national church making laws with the government because that strips religion. these man have many quotes and writtings on how imortant Christ is in founding the nation. they wanted the bible to be the central teaching book in public schools. there is a great book written by Toby Mac and Micheal tait called Under God, which has many writings of our founders.

2006-06-13 16:47:06 · answer #4 · answered by rap1361 6 · 0 0

The Constitution does not discuss any biblical law. Leaving out any specific religion was one of the primary goals of the drafters.

2006-06-13 16:06:57 · answer #5 · answered by jg 1 · 0 0

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html
the constitution is not based on the bible like others here think. the usa was formed in part because of the restraints on religion by england so the constitution made sure not to favor ANY religion in order to allow for all religions. amazing how all these 1000s of years of faliure, all religions remain so popular. i hope you all see clearly some day & drop the religions.

2006-06-13 16:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the constitution is based on the Bible, if that helps at all... and in the Bible it says God designed marriage for a woman and a man...

2006-06-13 16:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by Cassie 1 · 0 0

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