anti-gay marriage
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"so that goes right to the heart of where does our morality come from? well? Where? Wherever you want? no, it comes from this thing called our conscience, which (and this is part of my faith/beliefs) is planted in us by our creator. this is why all of us have a sense of right from wrong."
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We need look no farther than evolution to discover where our morals come from. Social creature have to create complex systems of interaction in order for it to work. Reciprocal altruism is about sharing being better for a getting recourses than finding everything ourself. The animals without a sense of guilt couldn't work well within this system. They didn't share and thus weren't shared with. They had a smaller chance of passing on genes. The animals with guilt, familial bonds etc. were simply more fit as social creatures. This is why we have a sense of right from wrong.