A lot of Catholics have suddenly become great defenders of liberty in the face of the Obama administration's HHS mandate which would force them to actively support practices contrary to their beliefs. Well, good for them. Sorta, kinda but not really.
For the thing about defending liberty is that you can't do it in a selective way.
You can't run around tossing off terms such as "social justice" (Catholics invented that concept by the way), advocating censorship and pushing governments to become more obtrusive in people's lives under the heading of "charity" for years and years then suddenly start screaming about religious liberty when the government, empowered and emboldened by your support for its continual expansion, finally gets around to biting you.
And it may be too late to do anything about it.
For the thing about defending liberty is that you can't do it in a selective way.
You can't run around tossing off terms such as "social justice" (Catholics invented that concept by the way), advocating censorship and pushing governments to become more obtrusive in people's lives under the heading of "charity" for years and years then suddenly start screaming about religious liberty when the government, empowered and emboldened by your support for its continual expansion, finally gets around to biting you.
And it may be too late to do anything about it.
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