morality is to come from a place HIGHER than earthly law. thus, legislating morality, is inherently wrong. the only solution is to point people to the source.

so you are saying there should be NO laws at all? because aren't all laws there to guard against immorality?

Check out the first essay I linked to. He explains the difference very well.

We should have laws against murder, for instance, because it affects another person (taking their life away), not because it's immoral. We should have laws against theft, assault, etc. for the same type reasoning. But smoking pot, for instance, just affects the body of the person smoking it, so it shouldn't be illegal. Of course, if a person got so high that they began driving recklessly, or did cause a wreck (damaging property and/or injuring other people), that would be illegal.

Is the difference making sense?

That makes sense, but i do not trust other people to make the right choices. i do always trust myself to make the right choices. just like young children, some people need to have boundries to make them behave, and to feel more secure about themselves. i think the line is just too thin...

slight correction- i do not always trust myself to make the right choices- typo. (case in point- sorta:) )

Don't you think putting your trust in the government to give you boundaries in moral choices that only affect your own body is, at least, unnecessary, and at worst, asking for trouble? It starts with drugs, extends a little to politcal correctness, then one day censorship of the media, and so on... I don't generally like the "slippery slope" analogy, but I think it applies here. I'll repeat the West Wing quote from my other post:

"I believe that every time the federal government hands down a new law it leaves for the rest of us a little less freedom."

Furthermore, how does it affect you personally if other citizens are legally free to choose whether or not they want to smoke pot?

if random other citizens did, it would not affect me in ways i could trace. however, if my son did, if my husband did, if my mom did, then it would affect me considerably.

Those are issues that are better addressed within your own family or church, are they not? I just really don't trust the government to make those kind of decisions for me or my family.

John, you've got some kinda bloody spam filter on your e-mail account that doesn't let a single freakin' e-mail from me, regardless of the e-mail addie I use, get to you. It's annoying. I've e-mailed them a bazillion times.