An End to the Culture Wars? Two Views
This is not a political blog (and don’t look for that to change any time soon), but two interesting posts on President Obama’s approach to the so-called culture wars popped up today that are too interesting to pass up. First, a post by Peter Beinart on Obama and the negating of culture issues: [Obama] seems to think there are large numbers of conservative white Protestants and Catholics who will look beyond culture when they enter the voting booth as long as he and other Democrats don’t ram cultural liberalism down their throats. In this effort, Obama has two big advantages. The...
Read MoreLethal Logic
“The lethal logic of Roe v. Wade is that nobody has rights that we are bound to respect if they cannot effectively assert those rights. They are at the mercy and the discretion of those who can effectively assert their rights. We’re not talking simply about the unborn, we’re talking about the aged, the radically handicapped, the deformed.” - Father Richard John Neuhaus, We Shall Not Weary, We Shall Not Rest
Read MoreWho's Missing?
I had given up, after wrestling for a better part of the day, articulating my own thoughts about the juncture between today’s inauguration and Thursday’s March for Life. Then Matthew Warner summed it up better than I ever could: In Barack Obama’s lifetime our nation has struggled in accepting African-Americans and treating them as equals. Finally, we’ve had a breakthrough. A black president. Unfortunately, in that same struggle to the top for one class of people – in that same lifetime – we’ve trampled the rights of yet another entire class of people. ...
Read MoreMarch for Life Prayer for Pilgrims
This morning, across the nation, many people will be setting out for Washington, D.C., to participate in Thursday’s March for Life. Please keep these pilgrims in your prayers: Our Lady of Guadalupe, we turn to you who are the protectress of unborn children and ask that you intercede for us, so that we may more firmly resolve to join you in protecting all human life. Let our prayers be united to your perpetual motherly intercession on behalf of those whose lives are threatened, be they in the womb of their mother, on the bed of infirmity, or in the latter years of their life. May our...
Read MoreLife: Imagine the Potential
Just in time for the March for life, the national media campaign from CatholicVote.com has released its first video:
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