Understand: I say that knowing it would cost me, personally, extra. But enough of the pulpit being used for what are essentially political goals. The tax exemption is a privilege, not an inherent right of churches, and when the largest church in America abuses its privilege so thoroughly, it’s time to reconsider whether any church should continue to enjoy it.
Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service:
Fears about laws and changes in regulations on abortion that might advance under a new Democratic-run Congress and White House are the central focus of a statement approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 during their annual fall meeting in Baltimore.
The majority of the 830-word, untitled statement focuses on concerns about the possible passage of the Freedom of Choice Act, calling it “an evil law that would further divide our country” and adding that the church “should be intent on opposing evil.”
One of the “evil” things about The Freedom of Choice Act is that it exposes a lie that the Catholic Church, among others, has promulgated, stating as fact that: These decisions have protected the health and lives of women in the United States. Prior to the Roe v. Wade decision, an estimated 1,200,000 women each year were forced to resort to illegal abortions…
In other words, legalization has not greatly increased incidence of abortions, just as legalization of alcohol did not greatly increase the incidence of drinking (in both cases, there was probably a modest increase, but there was also a decrease in harm done by illegalization).
In other words, if you are genuinely pro-life and would like to reduce the incidence of abortion, you recognize that trying to illegalize is it the wrong way to go. I count myself as genuinely pro-life, which is why I would never consider joining the Catholic Church as it exists today.
One final point. The article says,
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