It is vain to think any letter writer can add something new
to the abortion debate. But I was greatly relieved when the new Pope
Francis said that the Catholic Church had become way too obsessed with
abortion, gay marriage, and contraception. It should be very easy for
most American Catholics to accept and appreciate our wise separation of
church and state. The Roman Catholic Church 's own first original sin
was to embrace the Sword of Constantine many centuries ago. What does
state power have to do with the collective Mystical Body of Christ ?
And as the Pope said, the Church should not put dogma before love. So I
find it rather ridiculous when very public Catholics present their "
right to life " votes to the very enemies of social justice on this
planet, the very enemies of Life on Earth : the Republican far right.
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