Legislate Morality? 

[394 words] Of course morality can be legislated. More than that, morality must be legislated. We all believe it to be so.  Consider theft: We demand our government protect our property and punish the thief because we know that it is immoral to steal.  Consider murder: We demand our government punish the one who has taken a life because we know that it is immoral to commit murder (to take innocent life).  Consider slavery: We demand our government protect our freedom because we know that it is immoral for one human to “own” or in any other way demean or trivialize the life of a fellow human being. Slavery did not come to an end due to mass conversions to Jesus Christ. It came to an end in this country because a war was fought and laws were made.  According to Scripture, the purpose of government is not to save…