Written in response to the article "Letter to the Editor: Re: Re: 'Legality vs. Morality'" by Matthew Konradt, which appeared in The Flip Side Volume 1, Issue 9 (March 31st - April 13th, 2004).

The author of "Legality vs. Morality" has made an unfair assumption by saying "Johnson would like us to think that homosexuals are not humans." Nothing could be further from the truth, both in my eyes and in the eyes of the God of Christianity. Cite Romans 1:18 through 2:4. Paul talks of homosexuality as a sin just as he talks of being haughty, boastful, and rebellious toward parents. He then goes on to talk about how no one can judge except God. Other parts of scripture back up this non-judgmental view, such as Mathew 7:1-6 and Luke 6: 37-42. Homosexuals are human beings. However, God regards their actions as sin, just as he does lying or lust, and we as humans are in no position to call them sub-human.

In response to: "If 'no single denomination would prevail for our government' than (sic in previous issue; my error.--BV) how can this basic principle be based on Christian beliefs? This is a critical contradiction!" Notice that the word used here was denomination, not religion. There are many denominations of the Christian religion just as there are many denominations of Islam and Judaism. Jefferson was saying that no denomination of Christianity would overtake the government as had happened with the Anglican denomination of Christianity.

The point of my response to this article was to simply shed some light on a subject most people rarely think about: separation of church and state. Yes, it is true that the Supreme Court holds a different interpretation of separation of church and state than was originally intended by Jefferson in his letter to the Baptists of Danbury, as well as many of the founding fathers, but does that automatically make the current interpretation right?

Many of the founding fathers warned us of what would happen if our country strayed from the principles of the Bible, and I think we would be wise to take heed.