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Monday, September 19, 2016

A "Consistent Ethic of Life" Party

At Crux, Charlie Camosy has some thoughts about, and is developing a proposal regarding, a Consistent Ethic of Life (CLE) political party.  Way, way back, in the early days of MOJ, Dean Mark Sargent and others also speculated/hypothesized/ruminated about such a party.  He points out, among other things, that "we consistent ethic folks have a problem: there is no agreement about what a pro-life party with a consistent ethic should look like."  I agree.  (Like Charlie, but for some different reasons, I don't regard the American Solidarity Party as a promising venture or alternative to our current situation.)

(At least) two questions, it seems to me, would have to be "on the table":  One would be "what positions and policies would such a party have to address specifically, and what would it need to say about them?"  Another would be, "what positions, if taken or endorsed by another party, would preclude -- or, maybe, weigh heavily against -- an endorsement by the CLE party?"

I'm pretty sure the two-party system is here to stay, in the U.S., so this might all be, as they say, "academic"; still, its interesting to think about.  And, who knows:  I was pretty sure a year ago that the two major parties' nominees would be Joe Biden and Jeb Bush . . .       

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