The attack on religious liberties by the Obama Administration may end up being the necessary defining issue of the fall election. The subject also implicates the whole concept of welfare, indeed the purposes and limitations of government, at every level. Veritas over time will endeavor to provide succinct “they say , you say” talking points or other formulations to present candidates with helpful information not only to defend rights of conscience but in conjunction, to refine arguments to hopefully reverse the welfare state.
Along that line is an enlightening philosophical historical essay available at: http://ricochet.com/main-feed/American-Catholicism-s-Pact-With-the-Devil
“Whether those brought up on the heresy that public provision is akin to charity will prove capable of thinking through what they have done remains unclear. But there is now a chance that this will take place, and there was a time – long ago, to be sure, but for an institution with the longevity possessed by the Catholic Church long ago was just yesterday – when the Church played an honorable role in hemming in the authority of magistrates and in promoting not only its own liberty as an institution but that of others similarly intent on managing their own affairs as individuals and as members of subpolitical communities. . . .”
“Those who seek to create heaven on earth and who, to this end, subvert the liberty of others and embrace the administrative entitlements state will sooner or later become its victims.”
Take the time to read the whole article and peruse the comment section as well. We hope that the “social justice” types embedded in all the churches will take heed of the dangers of big government, the heresy, the subversion of all Christiandom. Of this we pray.
