Legislating From the Bench vs. Preaching From the White House

I hear a lot of Christians talking about how they are against judges legislating from the bench (especially in this current presidential election year). Often, this topic is brought up in reference to Supreme Court judges upholding a woman’s right to choose. My response is this: How about we also have no preaching from the white house or the houses of congress? Why would a person vote for someone who would legislate what everyone in a country can or cannot do based on one religion?

If I recall my world history correctly, Christians weren’t very fond of state regulated controls on them in favor of the Roman state religion. What makes Christians think that anyone else would like state regulated controls on their life in favor of Christianity?

Additionally, does Jesus really want people to be forced to follow his teachings? Or do you think he may prefer people to follow him of their own will? Also, isn’t it God’s job to save the souls of everyone? Perhaps we should leave the saving up to him and simply be nice to our neighbors and love them the way they are.

Let’s do this… let’s keep politics to things that are truly important to a society such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, and safety. Let’s leave each person to worry about themselves in the arena of morals and religion.