Pre-election Reflections of a Pro-life 'Progressive'

Catholic Online ^ | 10/20/08 | Deacon Keith Fournier

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I do not want to be called a “conservative”. Much of what is corrupt in the current culture I do not want to conserve. I reject the term “liberal” since it is now associated with a definition of “freedom” and “privacy” which actually tries to defend reaching into the first home of the whole human race, the womb, and dismembering fellow human persons who are not wanted and then further insists that this evil act be enforced as a “right” with the Police Power of the State. I cannot understand how anyone who considered themselves a part of the old “counter culture”, like me, can now defend an all out War on the womb, an assault on our littlest neighbors. That is not liberal, it is evil. So, I am staking out a new ground, taking back a term which I insist is best applied to those who are motivated in their missionary work in the social order by the classically Christian vision of the human person, the family and the social order. I am a progressive.

In this election the cry of the American electorate is for “change”. As both major candidates try to position themselves as the agent of that change in these last few days Christians need a vision for the long haul, no matter who wins this election. Progressive" is an adjective, meaning "moving forward; advancing." Catholics and other Christians are the true “progressives” of this age.

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There is an effort to paint those who adhere to orthodox Christianity as "regressive", when in fact they are the true progressives of our age.

[SumProVita]

“There is an effort to paint those who adhere to orthodox Christianity as “regressive”, when in fact they are the true progressives of our age.”

They always have been. ;-)