OK, I will return to the subject at hand. This is in reply to Chette's original post here.
Chette, in the U.S.A., we have what is called "free speech". Under our constitution, not only are we allowed to speak out when we feel the government is wrong, it is our
DUTY to speak out.
Here is an example, here is an article against using taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions.
http://www.prolifealliance.com/taxpa...20abortion.htm
Repeatedly, the U.S. government has not only condoned abortion, but it has used taxpayer dollars to pay for abortion. For years there has been a great cry, especially from Christians here that taxes should not be used to fund an activity that goes against one's religious conscience.
I do not believe that speaking out against the government in a case like this is wrong, in fact, just the opposite, to allow the government to do this without speaking out would almost be complicity.
In some countries, people would be jailed for articles against the government like this. We have something a little different here.
But speaking out here is not going against authority or the law,
it is the law.
Matt 14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
John the Baptist spoke out against the govenment.