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Mon, May 18 2009
Catholic or not, help us understand, please
I'm not Catholic, but I attended Catholic school from grades 1-8. I can't say I understand Peter Roff's take on President Obama's visit to Notre Dame. I am concerned about separation of church and state, but on the level of individual freedom as established by our founding fathers. (By the way, there were also more than a few founding mothers who influenced things a bit.)
The only difficulty I can see thus far with President Obama's visit would be that he may have used taxpayer money to attend a church function. But that doesn't seem to be the crux of any of the arguments I've heard on this whole affair. People have a right to express their distaste of the visit. I'm just not sure I understand what it is that they find distasteful. Some speak of the right-to-life issue and some speak of other issues. If there is a larger issue over these, I wish someone would express it a bit more precisely so that the rest of us can understand. We might even agree if we knew what the exact issue was. I loathe feeling dense, particularly in church-state matters. But I do admit to feeling dense in this case.
posted at: 14:46 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
I'm not Catholic, but I attended Catholic school from grades 1-8. I can't say I understand Peter Roff's take on President Obama's visit to Notre Dame. I am concerned about separation of church and state, but on the level of individual freedom as established by our founding fathers. (By the way, there were also more than a few founding mothers who influenced things a bit.)
The only difficulty I can see thus far with President Obama's visit would be that he may have used taxpayer money to attend a church function. But that doesn't seem to be the crux of any of the arguments I've heard on this whole affair. People have a right to express their distaste of the visit. I'm just not sure I understand what it is that they find distasteful. Some speak of the right-to-life issue and some speak of other issues. If there is a larger issue over these, I wish someone would express it a bit more precisely so that the rest of us can understand. We might even agree if we knew what the exact issue was. I loathe feeling dense, particularly in church-state matters. But I do admit to feeling dense in this case.
posted at: 14:46 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
