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...Tale of Two Priests" by Amy Sullivan details a schism closely related to political ideology [Nov. 16]. Yet these debates always fail to engage us Catholics who are libertarians. We believe the force of government only makes things worse, especially on issues like abortion that are not universally accepted as wrong. (Witness the government's failed war on drugs as an example.) Archbishop Raymond Burke's position is misguided. If abortion is your No. 1 issue, why make things worse for the unborn by getting government involved...
What Burke appears not to grasp is that the First Amendment forbids the making of civil law on the basis of a religious belief. The point at which life begins is a matter of religious dogma, not scientific fact. The beautiful thing about this country is that you can live by what you believe; you just can't make others live by your beliefs. Fortunately, many devout Roman Catholic lawmakers, like Kennedy and John Kerry, have understood this...
...support of those two issues be proof of libertarianism? The Libertarian Party believes there are particular places that the government does not belong, and anything connected to a citizen's sex life is among those places. My Republican and libertarian friends alike are for the freedom of Americans to make their own life choices...
...West can immediately leave Afghanistan, saying, 'Look, now they have come together. They have developed a solution Afghans are happy with, so we can back off.' If you did that, this country would collapse back into chaos. We have to do this because we want to make sure there is a lasting peace...
Jeffrey Hawkins, the group's executive director, has spent nearly three decades in law enforcement and security services. He says many religious leaders fear that obvious security measures, like guards and surveillance cameras, will make a church seem unwelcoming. "It's a paradigm shift that has to happen," says Hawkins, who works with churches to assess risk and develop security plans...