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Monday, May 16, 2011

The Moral Foundations of the "Christian" Right

Very interesting article at BTB on the involvement of Liberty University Law School in the parent-kidnapping of Lisa Miller-Jenkins, and what they are teaching their students about "render unto Caesar."

Today, Religion Dispatches associate editor Sarah Posner reports that Lisa Miller’s attorneys Mat Staver and Rena Lindevaldsen, who teach a required Foundations of Law course at Liberty University, are teaching their students that when confronted with a case like Lisa Miller’s, that the attorney has an obligation to resolve the conflict between “God’s Law” and “man’s law” by advising the client to solve the conflict through “civil disobedience”.

These are attorneys, teachers, and the dean of a law school telling students to counsel clients to break the law -- which means the students would have to violate their oaths as attorneys to uphold the laws.

Making up lies about GLBTs is certainly not a stretch for this bunch.

A hint for Mat Staver: if you want a clue about the moral decline of America, look in the mirror.

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