Religion

[Cerce]

This is a US question mainly. It should not be up to a religion to decide what is right in a society (gay marriage, abortion)

I'm afraid that is one of the consequences of democracy. Even if the laws are not supposed to come from religious morality, if the majority of the voters belong to a certain religion, well...

I also wish there were fewer laws that seem to be directly created from religious teaching, but sadly I don't think most people are ready to elect secular politicians, despite the second largest (and not by a little) religious demographic in the country is "agnostic, atheist, or simply having no religion".

Firstly: Agnostic, atheist, or simply having no religion is 15% of America's population as opposed to 76% being Catholic or Protestant allone - not counting other Christian sects. As a result, laws will be passed in favor of the majority.

Seccondly: We do not 'push our religion on America'. America takes a pat on the back and some prayers to spur them on as molestation and verbal assault. I still don't understand what is so wrong about voting to save lives, or voting against the joining of two peoples that, according to Science, makes them in essence, walking dead.

The Scientific Requirements for Life are as fallows, if you want a non-religious point of view:
1) made of 1 or more cells
2) contain DNA as genetic material
3) respond to stimuli
4) metabolize
5) reproduce- here lies the problem.
6) evolutionary change

Also, on the argument that 'A fetus does not live'...

1) made of 1 or more cells-at no point does a fetus have less than one cell.
2) contain DNA as genetic material-both the sperm and egg contain compliments for each other as far as genetic material and DNA.
3) respond to stimuli-If a sperm can move on its own swimming up the birth canal then it responds to stimuli when it enters the egg
4) metabolize -of course he/she needs food from the mother to survive at all times during development and it has to go somewhere.
5) reproduce - It firstly reproduces cells to create itself, and, after it is born, and achieves a certain age, can reproduce
6) evolutionary change-humans have evolved, therefore that which is the beginning of a human also evolves.

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Now, no, I don't 'hate gay people' or am homophobic. I love gay people - no homo (no pun intended). It is the act of being gay that defiles the original purpose of sex, and that is 1. to show affection to your spouse, and 2. the act of reproduction.

If you would like a more biblical reason, God formed us in our mother's womb, and knew us before we even knew ourselves. Therefore, every single fetus, reguardless of stage or activity, has a potential future in God's plan.

Homosexuality is an outright defilement of what God intended to be pure, loving, and special. Today's society has turned what was once an act of pure love, an act between one man and one woman that were deaply in love, into a thing to have fun with. It's now a game, a source of pleasure, something to flaunt. It is no longer special or loving in today's world. I have fought, will fight, and continue fighting to back God in all things.

Now, I'm sure someone will say TLR or 'Your starting a flame war here', so I will not continue unless asked.

I'd like to know a Budhist's point of view on these subject matters, if possible.