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Literally the foundation of Christianity was the new covenant; abrogating the Deutoronomic Laws, Mosaic Laws, etc. into the Laws of Christ

This isn't a uniform belief amongst all Christian sects and is, moreover, usually a certain-flavor-of-Protestant one. While common to believe that the ritual laws of the Old Testament no longer apply, there are those who make exceptions for those laws dealing with morality. St. Augustine (I believe) split the mosaic laws into three categories and made assessments based on that, even. And I'm sure there are some who even consider them all still binding, somewhere out there (though probably a minority).

(of course, all of which is irrelevant to a government meant to serve individuals of a variety of faiths pulling crap like this)