Links for 06/14/17: At the Center for Migration Studies, the text of a recent talk by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo on the topic of immigration. It is very well done which begs the question: Why don't the statements c...
MGB: I don't believe that USCCB Presidents bring their own staff, which is why you have a consistent group of Republican leaning staffers who nourish their relationship with the GOP on the pro-life issue. They are true believers who seemingly don't understand that Roe will not be overturned in such a way as to turn it over to the states (nor will gay marriage, sodomy, Latino rights, etc.) - and that the GOP mostly uses them to get out Catholic conservative voters from the pulpit.
Secularization is a sign of an emerging middle class. Using guilt and self-mortification was how the American clergy tried to deal with these issues in the 50s. It was a miserable failure. Raising up the poor and the other is much more in line with the Kingdom of God that Jesus announced.
Ossoff should try to not sound like a cultural elitist. Still, a pro-lifer is not the ideal candidate. Putting abortion into perspective as a non-issue will work better. Obama won on it. Attacking Trump should do the rest.
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