Dear Barronelle Stutzman, It's Civics 101; the United States is a democracy, not a theocracy

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(euphemistically named organization promoting religious bigotry)

Reported in Justices Send Gay Rights and Voting Cases Back to Lower Courts.  (The New York Times, 6/25/2018)

Related reading:
Religion and democracy.  (The Atlantic, 12/3/2009)

Congressman Kennedy has not allowed the church teachings to alter his political position, but it is certain that there are members of Congress whose political decisions are based on the teachings received from pulpit, Sunday school, or the particular scriptures to which they subscribe. These teachings - beliefs - truths - may make the holder a better person but may at the same time interfere with the ability of that person to base his or her secular political decisions on the requirements of the law, the Constitution, or fair and impartial reading of legislative proposals.