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Sex in Politics, God, and Correcting Our Corrections Systems

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OP-ED By  AnjaliReed Phukan Since the dawn of time, people have ignored bad behavior, indulged in it, or degraded others for it, and this must change. Political sex scandals today, such as with Al Franken or Roy Moore, are no different. Sex is the bedrock and curse of humans. It's needed for population continuation, but improperly used it leads to war and disease. Sex fears also lead to self-centered resentments, addictions, and other sins. Enter Jesus (probably spelled ישוע and pronounced Yeshua), who's lesson, called, “Pericope Adulterae,” was so controversial it isn't in the oldest manuscripts like Codex Sinaticus, my go-to for biblical study. This is not about religion – even Atheists can benefit from this philosophy. Breaking from the punishment law to stone an adulterer, Jesus directs her to “go and sin no more.” Jesus, for example, teaches us to teach others Good Orderly Direction, rather than to punish. Our founding fathers understood this - our constit

Judge Roy Moore, The Establishment Will Not Be Spurned. But, Fight On, Alabama, Fight On!

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Judge Roy Moore, you just did not get it.  I know, I know, you are a brilliant strict constructionist.  So brilliant are you that you defeated your enemies twice to gain victories to the Alabama State Supreme Court.  When you saw America surrendering to the immoral machinations of the Left, in 2003, you founded the Foundation for Moral Law to educate the public and promote current litigation activity aimed at moral and religious issues.  Your organization is anti-abortion, opposed to same-sex marriage, and supportive of public prayer.  Your ideologies and values were easy to embrace by the Right's voters.  You fed them red meat and they howled in celebration.  However, behind the political iron curtain, you were always a threat to the status quo.  The Establishment thought you were cute and deemed you a tool that could cloak their clandestine political and judicial pursuits as palatable endeavors on behalf of the American people.  They simmered at your ability to stand amidst