"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Moral Compass

You have to wonder what the moral climate in this country would be like right now if the Catholic hierarchy and its allies on the evangelical right had been as vocal and forceful about torture as they have been about gay civil rights and reproductive choice.

I mean, has anyone heard of a Catholic priest refusing the sacraments to a candidate or incumbent who supported "enhanced interrogation techniques"? I haven't.

Moral guidance? Church teachings? Pfah.

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