Well said Rustico – both posts. That is also what angers me – the mixing of church and state, especially in our current state where religion is a bandaid on the incompetence and terrible moral values of the administration.
Like you, I don’t need religion to put boundaries on me. I have my own code of ethics and my wife is my best friend. We have mucho love, same with my kids. This is a much stronger value system and boundary system – because it’s self imposed. I don’t add the complexity of a flawed system into my life we stand on our own two feet!