To: ansel12
you make it sound like it is just some individual members.
Well, when they cite 'the church' they are making an appeal to it's authority. Citing the church is de-facto deference to it's rulings.
32 posted on
10/03/2009 1:39:52 AM PDT by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: lmr
I used the word “church”, I simply meant it as all of the major Christian denominations official positions, not just Catholic.
34 posted on
10/03/2009 1:42:54 AM PDT by
ansel12
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