I don't see how we do our culture a disservice by basing it upon Christian values. It kind of seems like that is what Christian values are for, to base a culture and society upon. Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bugger ...
You're mixing 'em up a bit. The first two are out of a pretty basic list. Incidentally, it also forbids sabbath-breaking and disobeying parents. Personally, I like that I was able to use my own judgement to decide to disobey my parents and become a Christian. I'm sure glad I get to choose for myself how to keep the sabbath, instead of being required to follow the government's idea of what it should be. They could simply close down the interstates should they decide that driving on Sunday (or Saturday) is sabbath breaking. Well within Federal jurisdiction if you accept the premise that "culture" as derived from the words you know as the Bible is an acceptable basis for regulation and legislation.
The third is one of the long, long, long list prohibitions against sexual impurity and other types of illicit blendings. It's not just guy-on-guy, it's also wool-on-linen. Maybe the FedGov should update it to poly-on-cotton?
Should you be prohibited from entering any government building until you can prove that you've been properly purified after experiencing a nocturnal emission?
that sounds like my kind of culture and society.
Nifty. Mine too. And I keep it in my home and where I go. I don't shove it down the throats of other people. Mostly, because I'm grateful that once I became an adult, others couldn't shove theirs down mine, and I could be baptized and confirmed.
And in contrast, these false religions of libertarianism and egalitarianism that some people believe a society can be based upon, that lead to having women in combat and men marrying men ... that sounds like some foreign and horrid place to me.
Where someone can be raised a Jew and become a Christian?
Where someone can write openly arguing for or against virtually anything?
Where people can choose how to live, and what to exclude from or include in their lives?
Don't like women serving? Strongly discourage your daughters from enlisting, and until they are eighteen, withhold your permission. Don't want men marrying men? Don't marry a man. Simple.
But if you don't want an Establishment Clause, you're gonna have to find some other place to live, because most of us like to be able to choose our faith, or lack thereof.
I'm not, actually, pro-gay. Abomination. I'm right there with ya. I wasn't, if you notice, arguing for the irrelevancy of the Bible. I'm arguing that it's a terrible idea to use it as a basis of civil law.
Hm, actually, I've done some pretty well-thought our writing about the nature of legal interpretation and why Biblical precepts don't make good law in another context, although that essay is about Catholic and Halacha (Jewish law) a lot of it translates pretty well. If anyone is interested, pm me for a URL.