[Molly Pitcher]

Thank you.

[SLB]

FYI

[Chgogal]

Wow! BTTT! Thanks.

[CobaltBlue]

I wonder how Peggy could tell the pregnant high schooler wasn't married? Or did she just assume it?

My mother was pregnant with me when she graduated from high school, but she was married to my dad, who was drafted for Korea. Despite the fact that she was 1) married, and 2) had the highest GPA in the graduating class, they not only didn't let her be valedictorian, she couldn't come on stage to pick up her diploma.

Peggy might think that was a better way of doing things, but I don't.

[steve-b]

Looking back on the America of 1945, it does look like a whole civilization has passed.

You might even say it's "Gone With The Wind"....

[Aquinasfan]

No one, the culture shouts, has a right to impose truth, morality, or cultural standards.

But just don't cut in front of them in line.

[E Rocc]

Moral relativism has so shaped the culture that the vast majority of Americans now see themselves as their own moral arbiter.

In those instances where we do no direct harm to other individuals, that's our perogative in a free society.

Most cultural libertarians have no problem with cultural competition. Our objection begins and ends with laws intended to promote one version of morality. Invariably, that is the goal of those who decry our current culture.

-Eric

[tahiti]

"The mission of the Church in the midst of this cultural crisis is to proclaim the truth and reach out to the casualties."

I am not exactly sure what the author means by the highlighted phrase above, but I think the author means "insulating" those who deny or ignore "the truth" from the disaster of the consequences those decisions will include which may even be death.

The bottomline is Christian's over the years have voted for politicians that have created a government safety net system that insulates fellow citizens who do not follow the truth from experiencing the hardship of their actions and subsequently, others adopt that same behavior because there is no negative consequence.

If you want the "cultural crisis" to go away, quit subsidizing it.

How many union member, Catholics voted for Democrats to be U.S. Senators during the 1950's and 1960's who then confirmed the judges that gave us Roe v. Wade?

A lot.

How many U.S. Jews did the same thing as the Catholics for the reason of getting U.S. dollars to Isreal?

A lot.

How many black citizens voted for Democrats as U.S. Senators who then confirmed the judges that gave us Roe v. Wade in order to get a expand the welfare state?

A lot.

And you are surprised by the sudden change in the U.S. culture to the culture of death?

[redgolum]

Good article.