Comments for A “Truce” on Abortion and Marriage? at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Tue, 21 May 2013 21:29:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-truce-on-abortion-and-marriage.html#comment-6174 Dear Jacob, your words belie deeply conflicted ideology and a mind connected to the zeitgeist rather than converging with reality. Christ said “you will know them by their fruits.” Though I am no republican and no real fan, your rant misses so many marks it discredits you. Black values rooted in liberation theology produces the same great ills for blacks as it does for Mexicans as it does for ideological Islamicists. You appear to have little understanding of “deep racism” as you call it. Bandying about words like “arrogant” and “pedantic” are hardly helpful to your case. You are a party of one, you might want to really ask yourself why. - Achilles Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:05:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-truce-on-abortion-and-marriage.html#comment-6172 I could not agree more. I am a native and current resident of Indiana, and my response at the time of Gov. Daniels' ill-conceived comment was that the President of the United States must deal with more than fiscal issues. I have no idea where Gov. Daniels stands regarding foreign policy nor really what he thinkgs regarding the so-called social issues that he prefers to avoid. Fiscal responsibility is indeed important, but to whom are we being responsible if we are killing off the next generation? - Magister Christianus Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:43:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-truce-on-abortion-and-marriage.html#comment-6171 I think the Republican party better go back to the drawing board on this one. If anyone is wondering why we get all these negative stereotypes foisted on us start looking at the guy who tells you how stupid you are for thinking abortion means more than how much money you make--this is often the same person who still holds on to deep racism, insisting that blacks getting screwed over has been 100% their own faults. That's why John Mccain did so well right? Indifference to gay marriage and abortion? I for one would be a democrat the rest of my life if they become pro-life...then I wouldn't have to put up with cocksure republicans who sound every bit as much a part of the culture of death as our enemies on the left. Can we start a new party without population control leftists OR it's ok to visit prostitutes and live like a leftist except economically republicans? We focus too much on numbers..having your ranks swollen with soldiers who look at you as religious nuts with unworthy goals wont give you the strength of your numbers anyway, no matter how many billions you have. One unified party which fully acknowledges Christ as its Lord would be more effective than all the pedantic arrogant "conservative" billionaires in the world. - Jacob R Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:41:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-truce-on-abortion-and-marriage.html#comment-6170 Well said Professor. Over many years of political activity I have applied the following credibility test to nascent candidates who claim the conservative mantle: "Trust but verify." Gov.Daniels has taken several demerits in the test, not the least of which is for his judgment in making the comments which are the subject of your column. His conservative credentials cannot be verified at this time. - Ray Hunkins Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:56:45 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/a-truce-on-abortion-and-marriage.html#comment-6169 An excellent article. This talk of a "truce" is a call for peace without justice. But we needn't disassociate our concern for "the dramatic expansion of the power of the state" from these social questions. They are in fact quite connected. Not only has there been a considerable extension of governmental authority and power, but this authority that elected officials (of both parties) and bureaucrats have arrogated to themselves has turned out to be profoundly morally ambivalent, essentially technological. Thus a situation in which one of history's most powerful states can speak neither to the proper end of its power nor the virtues that ought to guide us toward that end. - Bill McCormick Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:37:54 +0100