[ArrogantBustard]

So what gives the Catholic Church the authority to tell me, Congress and the rest of America that we all have to conform and accept their vision of "social justice" via legislative fiat?

Members of the Catholic Church, even bishops, enjoy the same God given and Constitutionally protected rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press as you do.

Tell me, philman: What other American Citizens to you wish to silence?

I read your posts and smell the sulfrous stench of totalitarianism.

[philman_36]

Members of the Catholic Church, even bishops, enjoy the same God given and Constitutionally protected rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press as you do.
I'm not denying them those rights. And that reply doesn't answer my question in any way! What I want to know is this...

What gives the Catholic Church the authority to tell me, Congress and the rest of America that we all have to conform and accept their vision of "social justice" via legislative fiat?

You're willing to grant some people (members of the Catholic Church) their rights while denying others (those who oppose the forced implementation of "social justice") their rights.