Oh, wholly objective morality! So obvious once you get away from those absurdly emotional philosophers who have been debating the question for centuries.
In today's Ex Catholic News, Boehner's title of Lord High Supremely Self-Righteous American Catholic is being challenged by a group of, well, people who take Catholicism beyond the realm of right-wing bolstering and abortion-slamming.
A group of professors is challenging Boehner's self-proclaimed sanctity by pointing out the basic social teachings of the church that the right-wing consistently ignores: file this one under "Christianity sure has a lot of good messages nobody listens to."Cutting aid to programs such as WIC and Medicaid and giving preference to the wealthy is in direct contradiction with some of the most indisputable tenants of Christianity, and these professors are calling Boehner out on his heinous track record of taking from the poor and giving to the rich. This isn't Christian, they argue, not our Christianity.
Right-wing sticking points--gay rights and abortion--are seized on by politicians and used to obscure and circumvent any number of other complicated issues. For some reason giving lip service to being pro-life covers a multitude of war-mongering, health care-obstructing, and bad economics.
Hey, "some of my best friends are Christian." Lately I've been trying to be a little more open-minded with regard to the actual beliefs of actual Christians, rather than the salient craziness of their politicians. But I can only continue to do so as long as Christians and Catholics speak out in accordance with their supposed principles of compassion, social justice, and peace.
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