Resolved: American government ought follow Biblical principles in making decisions for the country.

Con is cheating. Con has outlined the rules for the debate in Round 2, after I accepted based on the title resolution. The Title resolution has nothing to do with Christianity. The Title resolution concerns the Bible, not its followers, or the actions of its followers. Con has built a “bait and switch” argument. I will not discuss the actions of historical Christianity. It has nothing to do with the debate. It would be similar for me to post a debate about the legitimacy of the constitution and then change the debate resolution to be against practitioners of constitutional law. (Obviously, not all Americans practice constitutional law and most of those that do, fail to interpret the laws correctly. Very few Americans actually read and practice the law as it was intended. Shall I now argue that the Constitution is flawed because Americans are intrinsic outlaws?) Con has taken a coward’s approach to this debate. I will only address the Biblical source objections in Con’s argument. Refuting Argument 1: Biblical Promotion of Sexism To make sure the argument is in context, I will actually supply a verse. My opponent has dodged his responsibility in this. Colossians 3:18- Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (Colossians 3:18-20 ESV) Con argues that “submission” is equal to slavery. Con ignores the second part of this verse: as is fitting in the Lord.” Here is a full section, in context: 25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself upfor her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.a28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body.31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. As we can see, it is not slavery. It is a profound, deep, mysterious love that far exceeds the secular idea of the generalized “biochemical” emotional concept. The Biblical unpacking of love and marriage is described as intrinsically supernatural and overwhelmingly connecting. Con may point out that Christians do not preach this or practice it. I would argue, that has nothing to do with the Bible. That is an indication of a broken Christian, not a broken Bible. Answering argument 2: Condemnation of Homosexuals - Leviticus18:22; Leviticus 20:23; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Romans 1:18-32 Again, Con has run away from supplying the verse, stating his sources as “matter of fact”. As if his references explain themselves by some axiomatic magic. Here is a verse: Leviticus 18:22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination Con does not understand the language being presented in this statement. Take a look at the second half of this verse: “it is an abomination”. a·bom·i·na·tion[uh-bom-uh-ney-shuhn] noun 1. anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred. 2. intense aversion or loathing;detestation: He regarded lying with abomination. 3. a vile, shameful, or detestableaction, condition, habit Did God say that having feelings of homosexuality is evil? No! The Bible calls the act of homosexual intercourse an abomination. Let’s unpack that. Why would anyone find it detestable to join their genitalia with a rectum? The human rectum was not designed to function as a vagina. It is part of your intestine. You dispose of large amounts of foul smelling, nauseating, bacteria saturated waste from this part of your body. Your intestines have a special lining to protect the rest of your body from the substances that are inert to your bowels. Homosexual intercourse blatantly ignores secular scientific reasoning. It’s unhealthy, especially in those times. No antibiotics! Secular medical source – Health warnings http://www.mayoclinic.com... Interesting. Just how dirty is it "in there"? http://www.appliedozone.com... Con’s Fox-news sources are invalid. The links are broken. They take you to the fox-news homepage. Provide better sources and I will address the “software” Con speaks of. I have been so busy defending irrational accusations and character attacks on Christianity, that I am almost out of room to post my own arguments. Let’s take a look at some statistics. These numbers study a general moral decline after the Bible was taken out of the classroom: A. Young People 1. For 15 years before 1963 pregnancies in girls ages 15 through 19 years had been no more than 15 per thousand After 1963 pregnancies increased 187% in the next 15 years. 2. For younger girls, ages 10 to 14 years, pregnancies since 1963 are up 553%. 3. Before 1963 sexually transmitted diseases among students were 400 per 100,000. Since 1963, they were up 226% in the next 12 years. B.The Family 1. Before 1963 divorce rates had been declining for 15 years. After 1963 divorces increased 300% each year for the next 15 years. 2. Since 1963 unmarried people living together is up 353% 3. Since 1963 single parent families are up 140%. 4. Since 1963 single parent families with children are up 160%. C.Education 1. The educational standard of measure has been the SAT scores. SAT scores had been steady for many years before 1963. From 1963 they rapidly declined for 18 consecutive years, even though the same test has been used since 1941. 2. In 1974-75 the rate of decline of the SAT scores decreased, even though they continued to decline. That was when there was an explosion of private religious schools. There were only 1000 Christian schools in 1965. Between 1974 to 1984 they increased to 32,000. a. That could have an impact if the private schools had higher SAT scores. In checking with the SAT Board it was found that indeed the SAT scores for private schools were nearly 100 points higher than public schools. b. In fact the scores were at the point where the public schools had been before their decline started in 1963 when prayer and Bible reading/ instruction was removed from the schools. c. The scores in the public schools were still declining. 3. Of the nation's top academic scholars, three times as many come from private religious schools, which operate on one-third the funds as do the public schools. D. The Nation 1. Since 1963 violent crime has increased 544%. 3. Illegal drugs have become an enormous & uncontrollable problem. 2. The nation has been deprived of an estimated 30 million citizens through legal abortions just since 1973. http://www.inplainsite.org...