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Abortion and the embarrassing saint - Catholic Church's changing position on abortion
Humanist, May-June, 1994 by Stephen T. Asma
The argument, simply stated, is this: if state policy is opened up to the influence of conservative Christianity, then it is also opened up to every other ideology. If you find this argument alarmist, I refer you to Contra Costa County, California. Recently in Contra Costa County, conservative Christians attempting to get state funding for their private schools (via the "voucher" plan) are being supported - much to their embarrassment - by a coven of witches. The witches claim that, if the Christians are given state money for the operation of private schools, then they should also be given state money to fund their educational program of math, reading, and pagan theology. And, of course, they're right.
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If Christians push too hard against the wall of separation between church and state, they might find themselves living under the authority of a "Koreshian"-type constitution, since both positions are equally defensible (or indefensible) from a secular or civic perspective. Worse yet, conservative Catholics may yet find themselves living under the authority of a Thomist constitution, wherein popes and senators would combine in an effort to mandate the pro-abortion "findings" of St. Thomas.
Stephen T. Asma holds a doctorate in philosophy and teaches humanities at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois.
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