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Links for 07/11/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Gay marriage disapproval is simply an extension of disapproving of private sodomy. The Lawrence decision said that private opinions not withstanding, in the public square and in economics, such private conduct is none of the public's business. The public conduct of gay marriage is not sex, it's family formation - the adult right to designate someone you love as your new next of kin (which is why marrying your parents because you love them is not an argument, they are already next of kin). Religious liberty lets you believe what you want, but it is not an excuse to treat another person badly. Religious scorn is no more protected than yelling fire in a theater or a church. The line is not hard to draw.



The NRA is lying. The NRA says you should have a gun to protect yourself against government tyranny. After three police shootings in a week, I can see the POV of a black gun owner shooting cops as being a reflection of the NRA's views. Of course, they may only mean when that patriot is white and the President is black, but what they say shows their argument to be an incitement to what happened in Dallas. It's time to take the guns - from the cops too - and for the NRA to quit shutting up about out of control government and apologize to all of us for Dallas (because Dallas is on them).



The Lt. Governor of Texas is either an idiot or he is evil enough to pander to racists at a time of national tragedy. At least Abbott has no chance of being Trump's VP and having Trump win. (And at least Abbott showed some class).



What, Chaput was not invited to Louisville either? This is why those of us on the left wanted definitive changes to rules rather than new pastoralism. Sadly, Francis' spirituality precludes him from smacking these dinosaurs down, even as they are about to make things worse for people who want to come back to the Church. Of course, those who disagree with this august panel are simply going to Church and receiving the Sacraments anyway and most priests are going along with them. That has always been the case. Sadly, the new pastoralism was for those Catholics who are hung up with the rules. They can't seem to reach for the lifeline.