Being Catholic matters, and Catholic faith should be followed if there is a conflict with the law, David Lins, director of Faith Formation at Our Lady of Joy Roman Catholic Church in Carefree, said recently.

"I’ve read the Bible," Lin said in the church's Oct. 18 bulletin. "You probably have, too. I currently cannot remember where Jesus said anything about the separation of Church and state. And, no… 'Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to the Lord what belongs to the Lord,' doesn’t qualify. Give to the Lord what is the Lord’s. YOU are the Lord’s. Everything you do is the Lord’s. Every single day. What you do between midnight and… midnight… is the Lord’s."

But that doesn't mean you're allowed to do whatever you want, even though you have a free will. 

"So I don’t have to pay taxes?" Lin said in the bulletin. "My speed is only limited by my ability to find an open lane? And I can vote for whoever I’d rather have over for Thanksgiving? No. Nope. And of course not. We follow the law when it doesn’t conflict with our Faith. We don’t only follow our Faith when it doesn’t conflict with the law. (At least, I hope not.)"