A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Friday, August 06, 2004

Right and wrong and politics

Some people have built Jefferson’s wall of separation between Church and state into a Maginot Line between politics and morality.

This Maginot Line is a narrow and one-sided barrier: focused entirely on muzzling traditional morality and threatening those who dare espouse it.

No one gets a “pass” on immoral words and actions just because they take place in the political arena.

It is not politics to say something is right or something is wrong. It is not politics for a faith community to say what may not be allowed in its own worship.

"Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech..."

Let the Church speak!