Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Chicago Values, Revisited: it’s not about chicken! - Cardinal's Network

The following excerpts are from Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, on the Cardinal's Network:
  • There are three contexts for discussing “gay marriage”: 1) the arena of individual rights and their protection in civil law, 2) the field of activities defined by nature and its laws, and 3) the realm of faith as a response to God’s self-revelation in history. Unfortunately, when the only permissible context for discussing public values is that of individual rights protected by civil law, then it is the government alone that determines how it is acceptable to act. Every public actor (including faith communities) then becomes the government’s agent. This is a formula for tyranny.
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Chicago Values, Revisited: it’s not about chicken! - Cardinal's Network

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