You're listening to Amy Hall and Greg Kochel on the hashtag STR Ask podcast from Stan to Reason.

And Greg, today we have some political questions. So this first

one comes from Victoria. How do we advocate for Christian policy without making the government

interfere in every area of life? This is a, I'm pausing because this is a judgment call that's not always easy to make.

If you read in the Constitution, which guides our civic life, the preamble says, I'm looking if I I don't have a copy of it, but it, it says what the government

is supposed to be doing and provide for the common defense, see to the, oh, you have it right here,

okay.

For the people of the United States, in order to form a more

perfect union, and now it is basically saying what the Constitution is supposed to do,

people are affirming this, to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic

tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general

welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity to ordain and establish

this Constitution.

So there you have the statement in the Constitution

that's meant to be the guideline for the extent of policy intrusions into people's lives.

So obviously these are moral terms that are used here, although some are not quite, general welfare,

or the good and flourishing of people.

But notice it also talks about the blessing of liberty, which is a type of freedom and

latitude to act.

And so the difficulty in with this question, I mean, what we're facing is how restrictive should the government be

to accomplish the first few ends without illicitly and inappropriately restricting liberty.

So, I mean, it's, for example, it's wrong to lie, but is lying illegal? Well, only in certain

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