If (some) Christian leaders claim that all Christian values should be law in the US because the US laws are based off of Christian values, then they are saying that our country as a whole believes in Christian values, thus claiming an intellectual property right to those values and asserting that they still own them. So, it seems that religious leaders created patents and they wanted them to last thousands of years, very similar to the MPAA, RIAA, and BSA (Business software alliance). Please take this into account, Senators and Representatives.
If I may take this argument a step further, if Christian values must be ported into law as they become relevant, then the US is in effect licensing these values from Christianity and entering into an EULA (end user license agreement) which states that they are required to update when one becomes available. In this case, we are licensing a service from Christian leaders, much like Microsoft licenses XBox Live. It doesn't seem like we pay for this license (freeware), yet at least one (albeit non-Christian) religion demands payment for religious achievement (Scientology) and almost all others ask for donations (donationware). I will break down the EULA analogy a little bit more later, as I'm getting kind of off topic.
I guess I'm kind of arguing for two things at once or none at all. Perhaps we can establish prior work in core Christian values and the definition of "under God" so that religion's patent on those things can be nullified and the American people can define their laws without foreign groups asserting absolute control.
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