1. Gregory Maturi contends that reasoned public debate among people of different opinions provides a means by which morality can shape law. Charles Colson argues that if Americans really want to solve their social problems, they must first embrace a common moral code—otherwise laws will be ineffective. Which perspective do you find more convincing, and why? Does the U.S. government currently prohibit certain behaviors solely on the basis of morality? List the examples cited in the viewpoints, or any others you can think of.
2. Edd Doerr wrote his viewpoint before the summer of 2002, when the U.S. Supreme Court approved the parental use of state taxes to send children to religious schools. Do you agree with Doerr that such a development constitutes a dangerous “crumbling” of the wall that separates church and state? Or do you agree with Roy S. Moore that...