As a devout Catholic, the argument that this is an appropriate application of liberty is a sham. Liberty is not about being able to do anything you want. This is a false idea of freedom. No society could function if it was. Freedom entails the freedom for excellence for a human being.
There is nothing of excellence in our contraceptive culture. There is only abandonment of responsible behavior, an enshrined right in our culture today.
The Church is right on this one.
RE: There is nothing of excellence in our contraceptive culture. There is only abandonment of responsible behavior, an enshrined right in our culture today.
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There is nothing excellent about many things the law does not criminalize either.
Sex outside of marriage isn’t moral according to Catholicism. I am sure you don’t want people who engage in it criminalized.
And as a Catholic, I am sure you also believe that it would be best if everyone were Catholic. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening short of the return of Jesus Christ. And most non-catholics believe that using contraception is NOT going against God’s laws.
If the Catholic church is right ( and I am not catholic but I am simply taking your assumption for argument’s sake ), it is right in the ULTIMATE sense. It cannot however, use government to make people bend to its version of morality in this world.
Not every act the law does not criminalize is moral.
If you want to win this battle, change men’s hearts. That’s all you can do.
RE: There is nothing of excellence in our contraceptive culture. There is only abandonment of responsible behavior, an enshrined right in our culture today.
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There is nothing excellent about many things the law does not criminalize either.
Sex outside of marriage isn’t moral according to Catholicism. I am sure you don’t want people who engage in it criminalized.
And as a Catholic, I am sure you also believe that it would be best if everyone were Catholic. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening short of the return of Jesus Christ. And most non-catholics believe that using contraception is NOT going against God’s laws.
If the Catholic church is right ( and I am not catholic but I am simply taking your assumption for argument’s sake ), it is right in the ULTIMATE sense. It cannot however, use government to make people bend to its version of morality in this world.
Not every act the law does not criminalize is moral.
If you want to win this battle, change men’s hearts. That’s all you can do.