According to Critical Legal Studies, justice and equality are used loosely. Justice is the form of punishing those who go against the standards of society, and equality is the sense that everyone whether race or gender is the same (including bisexuality). CLS focuses on freeing the oppressed as we should as stated in Jeremiah 22:3. The difference however, is in the fact that Christians are called to bring justice by showing God’s mercy and love to others where as CLS tries to liberate the oppressed by lifting up postmodernism. There are no real ethical boundaries as CLS only seeks to advance its own causes. Equality is bringing benefits to everyone; for abortion it’s allowing anyone at anytime to terminate a pregnancy. For homosexuality, it’s allowing couples to have the same rights as heterosexuals. In other words there is no thought in the deed, and whether it is “just” in the Christian since. It is more of focusing on the individual and allowing them to do whatever they please. CLS wants to turn the face of law around so that it does not follow the law placed by God.
To God, we are under his law and he has placed authority on earth to enforce that law. Justice is meant to bring about equality. Yes, it is true that God doesn’t want to see any of his people oppressed but he also says in Deuteronomy 10:12-19 that we are to obey him and serve him by following his commands. Abortion and homosexuality are not part of God’s commands and are therefore sinful. In this way those who commit these sins should be oppressed as to show that the act is wrong and should not be accepted. God has shown us what is good (Micah 6:8) and we should discourage all behavior unpleasing to Him by upholding His laws and fighting against a polluted world (James 1:27) who tries to twist and bend the laws that have been set.
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