Just two days ago, I listened to an interview on CNN with a neocon Evengelical. Ironically, the Evengelical was speaking about the Foley scandal. He cited John Adam's claim that Christian religion is an important basis for a sound government. He also insisted that the statement of John Adams, as a Founding Father, is to be taken as the intent of the Founding Fathers and writers of our Constitution. The Evengelical Christian minister cited that statement -- which he did not actually quote -- to argue that homosexuals do not belong in government.

Here is what John Adams really said:

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.

Note that John Adams, in his list of vices he thought would destroy this country, did not mention anything to do with sex, heterosexual, homosexual or otherwise. The Evengelical minister forgot to mention that fine point. However, John Adams did mention many of the sins of the Corporate-owned Republican party. It seems that, yes, John Adams was right. When we have a socio-economic system, and corresponding political posturing, unresponsive to Christian ethics, our society and government will fall apart as a democracy.