Reply #15: Actually almost none of it is

[dmallind]

Judeo-Christian (strangely, politics is the only area where Xians seem happy to admit their faith is derived from Judaism) tradition is neither unique nor original in any benign influence it had I can think of in US law, and was not the direct source either, since most of that came from British natural law overlaid with some Classical trappings.

So in other words all the sensible stuff like not killing people or stealing was codified long before the decalogue let alone Jesus. All the kind and gentle stuff like civil rights came from British law. About the only unique influence Judeo-Christian tradition ever had is mostly, and thankfully, long gone, because that gave us absurd Blue laws about not being able to check into hotels as an unmarried couple and not being able to drink on Sundays (OK SOME influence remains in mindless puritanism and prudery but that's about it, and hardly something I'd want to claim).

Luckily of course such twaddle is in no way what Obama is talking about when he mentions his personal morality. I will gladly apologize profusely and sincerely if he ever suggests reinstituting prohibition on Sunday licensing hours or nationalizing Alabama's dildo ban etc.