Dear Dr. Boys, I feel you are off base on this; where the State has legitimate jurisdiction is in the criminal and behavioral laws of the American Republic; this does not violate the separation of Church and State, and deprives no one of their legitimate religious freedoms; freedom of religion is in no way a license to commit ethical crimes like murder, rape, child abuse, incest; nor is, for example, the Christian confessional a place to violate the laws of the State. If someone confesses to murder in a Church, he should be reported to the appropriate authorities. The Christian in good conscience has a moral and legal obligation to report crimes against individuals, as they are also crimes against the American state; religion does not protect wrong-doing (crime). It is not the place of the individual to turn in individuals who commit consensual sins, whether heterosexual adultery or fornication or homosexual sodomy or lesbianism. Such matters are for the discipline of the Church, not the penal correction of the state. People like Rousas John Rushdoony wanted homosexuals, "blasphemers", "heretics", and "Sabbath-breakers" to be stoned to death by the American government! Go figure! So much for separation of Church and State! Take care. Sincerely, Scott Harrington