Morality and the Press

Today was a thoughy (if I may use that word. I know it's unoriginal, but hey!). I had to go to court to get a ticket cleared--oh boy. On my way back, I sat down to read the newspaper at my old store (Starbucks); I was in Moreno Valley. I sat down and read the Press-Enterprise (a leftist newspaper). In it I found out about embezzlement procured by blue-collar workers of the Riverside County Fire Dept. What is even more amazing is the alleged 'ethics' of the newspaper's article. It reminded me of the Bahnsen-Stein debate: "Does God Exist?" This, of course, begs the crucial question of morality. The topic of morality is very significant when one agrees with intelligible experience and morality; after all, we all have a morale by which we judge all actions. When the atheist says that there is no moral absolute, he in effect is stating a morally guided absolute about absolutes (say what!). So then I thought about the newspaper and its alleged morality, judging the so-called nefarious blue-collar crimes; the foundations of its morality I found it to be dubious in nature: Why should anyone, even the state, impose and pass laws that might infringe the ethics of any group of individuals who embezzles money for his or her own good pleasure? Or what about a Schadenfraud (i.e. a person who takes pleasure in the torment of others)? Why should any state sanction laws on issues of morality that might infring the "criminals'" happiness? My answer: The state is the servant of God and must, therefore, act as his minister, enacting laws that might infringe the rights of others', viz., passing moral bills, in effect sanctioning moral laws.