the value of a life

Two thoughts that get to the heart of the matter of two controversial issues:

1. What is the value of an illegal immigrant's life?
"In other words, to justify keeping the immigrant out, you'd have to say he's worth less than one-fifth of an American citizen."

2. On homosexuality, wholeness, and the scriptures.

Both of these pose the question: is this the best that God wants from us and for us? I'm going to let the analyses speak for themselves.