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Christian Responsibility to Injustice

In 2006, I was asked to respond to a question posed by the Daily Press, Victorville, California. Please find the question and the response below. Question: What approach should Christians take to acts we are taught are immoral but have been legalized by a government, i.e. legalized drug use, gambling and prostitution. Our government says they trust in God, but God teaches us that these things are wrong. Response: St. Augustine made the statement, "An unjust law is no law at all!”   These words provided the foundation for civil disobedience movements across the world. Martin Luther King held this view and wrote in a letter written from a Birmingham jail: "one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws". The problem is that while the law is a matter of public record, justice is an intensely personal matter. This is why we need a standard.   The Bible addresses morality, ethics and righteousness.   All righteous laws derive their origin from t