I’m one of those Catholics who believe in individual choice. I don’t condone abortion, but I don’t think it’s my business, or the government’s for that matter, to restrict you or anyone else from getting one. If that’s what you want. I’ll pray for you . But I won’t deny you.
This is all about dealing with the contradictions. For example, how does Bush a get off calling himself pro-life after making a living off death row all his political career?
So is my contradiction better than his? I think it is. And somewhere around there is where I think we’ll find common ground. It won’t be on the edges where Alan Keyes and his radical counterparts are.
It will definitely be someplace quieter. And then we can make a breakthrough in this old debate.
#1 by bjanepr - May 18th, 2009 at 12:36
Thanks for this post. I do wonder why it is that the party who opposes big government and government butting into people’s lives favor anti-choice, which is butting into people’s lives and women’s bodies. And I agree with you re: those who claim to value human life so much favoring the death penalty, and the war. Go figure.