The Consequence of Righteous Legislation
Politicians are meant to determine laws for the betterment of all, not to further a righteous cause.
When someone in a position of power decides to pass laws through a righteous lens, citizens end up hurt or shut out of society. This is one of the reasons that America has a separation of church and state: one religion shouldn’t dictate the rules for everyone else.
Trying to create righteous laws brought our nation:
Slavery
Segregation
Lack of Women’s Rights
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