Thursday, July 19, 2012
"An Evangelical-Catholic Stand on Liberty"
John Garvey and Philip Ryken have a good piece at WSJ.com, discussing the participation of both Wheaton College and Catholic University in the effort to undo the misguided (and, I think, illegal) HHS mandate. A bit:
Many Americans disagree with our shared belief in the immorality of abortion.
That is their right. But there should be no dispute about a second point we hold
in common: Religious schools like Wheaton College and Catholic University should have the freedom—guaranteed by the United States Constitution—to carry out our mission in a way that is consistent with our religious principles. . .
A government that fails to heed the cries of its religious institutions
undermines the supports of civil virtue and puts in jeopardy our constitutional
order.
That last point is particularly important. All freedoms are vulnerable when religious freedom is eroded. As I argue here and here.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2012/07/an-evangelical-catholic-stand-on-liberty.html
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Since it is true that our Founding Fathers believed that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, the Right to Liberty and our Pursuit of Happiness depending on protecting our fundamental Right to Life to begin with, John Garvey and Philip Ryken are mistaken to suggest that our Constitution protects the "right" of United States citizens to disagree with the intent of our Founding Fathers to create a form of Government (as reflected in our Constitution) that protects the Right to Life of a Human Individual once that Human Individual has been created at their conception.