What can I do to stress the importance of following biblical mandates in the vein of social justice and caring for the oppressed without sinking to the level of religious control or depriving people of their basic human rights in the name of enforcing human rights? I can understand how our federal courts defer particular laws to the state judicial systems. There are several controversial issues that are looked upon with different lenses depending upon the culture in which one is raised. Many people tend to see all situations in stark contrast: left or right, black or white, right or wrong, but our interactions with other people come in all shades of the rainbow. We judge each other from our own perspective when we have no idea what the other has gone through, what they have suffered, what they have endured. That’s why kindness, goodness, generosity, and love are the only perspectives worthy to pronounce judgment, and they already have. It’s called mercy. Spouting opinions and criticizing are easy, but taking the time to listen and attempting to see an issue from another’s point of view is hard. Justice is hard, but it’s definitely worth the effort.