tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post2668936046894026103..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Sandra Fluke's silly ideas about corporations and religionFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-67640621540868664432014-04-02T23:56:50.958-04:002014-04-02T23:56:50.958-04:00I knew a lot of girls just like her from my law sc...I knew a lot of girls just like her from my law school days. But they would get mad if you called them girls! lol<br />Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200221356189037181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-89265407231647785582014-04-01T06:49:44.788-04:002014-04-01T06:49:44.788-04:00Jennifer:
Yes, I could write a post just on the i...Jennifer:<br /><br />Yes, I could write a post just on the implications of that title. Usually attorneys' job titles make clear how they earn their keep: they write contracts, they litigate, they handle marital dissolutions, etc. This job title, not so much, eh?<br /><br />Also, in the article I linked we learn she's a candidate for the state legislature. She briefly was talked about as a congressional candidate; no doubt someone said, no, too early.<br /><br />In any case, I have little doubt that her melodramatic appearance before Congress, crying about how tough it was attending an elite university and having the terrible burden of obtaining, and paying for, her contraceptives <i>herself</i>, was all just a set-up for career, probably including politics. <br /><br />That she was from a Catholic (supposedly) university was not an accident, but part of the design.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-42638111024795605042014-03-31T18:14:38.313-04:002014-03-31T18:14:38.313-04:00"Social justice attorney." What a big j..."Social justice attorney." What a big joke! She is a self-promoting activist. But she will probably never admit this, not even to herself.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200221356189037181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-17338941613408372132014-03-31T15:00:31.804-04:002014-03-31T15:00:31.804-04:00"Social justice attorney."
"All ar..."Social justice attorney."<br /><br />"All are welcome in this court" would be the tune of the day, I guess.<br /><br />On the way to work I was thinking, if one wants to read really good, solid social justice stuff, try the Gospels, the lives of the saints, or writings of the Church Fathers.<br /><br />Who'd a thunk it?<br /><br />Whilst I was a seminary student, we were shown a film about the four missionary women who were raped and murdered in El Salvador in 1980. It was very, very difficult to watch.<br /><br />I think it's important to know what happened to these women, and that it happens all the time, and I also think we should honor not only these women and their work for those in need, but we should honor them as persons made in God's image and likeness. <br /><br />That said, I'm sick and tired of the fact that the three sources I suggested above are seldom, if ever, used as good examples of social justice. Social justice has become a buzz word and a hot button word, which in the end does a great disservice to the people social justice advocates claim to advocate, not to mention a disservice to the Church.<br /><br />Too often have there been social justice thugs who disparage anyone who has a different bent of mind than these folks who consider themselves a magisterium unto themselves. Don't even get me started on the God knows how many priestly vocations that were turned into dog dirt at our seminary "back in the day."Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757853819879109451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-16557780977100426852014-03-29T05:03:26.968-04:002014-03-29T05:03:26.968-04:00Sevesteen:
You make an interesting point:
Does t...Sevesteen:<br /><br />You make an interesting point:<br /><br />Does the provision of the First Amendment, referring to the "free exercise" of religion, apply to people who aren't "religious," yet they have moral and ethical principles that shape their choices as well?<br /><br />Again, I'm not an attorney, but -- my sense is that when it comes to the Establishment Clause, the courts have construed religion tightly -- i.e., they don't view government expressing moral values as an "establishment of religion"; but I'm not so clear about the Free Exercise Clause. <br /><br />I'd be inclined toward a broader interpretation -- which would benefit you. But I wouldn't favor doing the same with the Establishment Clause, because I think that would be anarchic. I may be inconsistent here!Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-57898886919656187372014-03-28T22:17:39.077-04:002014-03-28T22:17:39.077-04:00The more we have government involved, the more soc...The more we have government involved, the more social programs become mandatory the more we will have situations like this. I'm a pro-choice atheist, but for a number of reasons don't think Hobby Lobby should have to provide any health insurance to employees, let alone a plan that covers birth control methods against the morals of the owners--and calling their morals religion shouldn't give them greater weight than my morals. Sevesteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167315201563562644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-35267902138541882212014-03-27T17:38:39.679-04:002014-03-27T17:38:39.679-04:00as, not and.as, not and.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-63627472910779099302014-03-27T17:37:55.209-04:002014-03-27T17:37:55.209-04:00Many if not most of those who believe that corpora...Many if not most of those who believe that corporations aren't persons are strongly pro-union, especially when it comes to union financing of political campaigns through direct candidate donations, and through money donated to PACs.<br /><br />But wait. "Aren't unions also formed and corporations?" no one ever bothered to ask. They are, and thus another hole in the curtain of logic is revealed.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-82559683121873216172014-03-27T13:29:24.278-04:002014-03-27T13:29:24.278-04:00It has occurred to me lately that this issue, alon...It has occurred to me lately that this issue, along with the Obamacare attack on Catholic charities and educational institutions, is a deliberate attempt to crush all opposition to government power.<br /><br />The corporate "personhood" issue is obvious blarney. The NY Times is a corporation. That proposed amendment would ban the editorial pages of the Times.Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.com