The for the RCC issue w/BC is that it placing under human authority what is meant to be God's turf: making life. The intent is a key. If the intent isn't to interfere with the marital act, I don't think there's a real theological/doctrinal issue, and I know anecdotally that's the case w/plenty of parish priests when…

The issue isn't that drastic or draconian. Nobody would be prevented from using BC if they worked for Catholics/seeing a shrink/getting an IV transfusion. It just would have to come out of pocket rather or on a supplemental insurance plan.

I think you're spot on. Seeing/hearing those kinds of views expressed is only going to encourage similar behavior and normalize it for others. Especially for a younger audience. Ideally, we'd live in a society where even our young and impressionable would be able to reject this sort of junk prima facie, but we know…

I've never understood freedom from consequences to be a fundamental American ideal. I have every constitutional right to say that I've decided I'm the Queen of England, but, if I do that, I have no reasonable expectation that everyone should treat me like a sane person.

Having a right doesn't mean freedom from consequences! No one has the right to be on a TV show. Such a right does not exist.

Amen. Bless you for what you and your team are doing. Given how much talk there's been in the last 5 years about healthcare in this country, it's surprising and saddening how little attention has been given to this sort of work. It's one of the fundamental inequalities/imbalances in our society, and one that is…

It's a minefield. Also have to wary of unfounded accusations of racism that can be very damaging to a career. Even a phrase like the above 'expended less energy daily than the other group' could be problematic.

People fight for lots of reasons; some good, some bad. Fighting to maintain a system of oppression and dehumanization is one of the bad reasons. Fighting because there's an army invading your home isn't so bad, regardless of why that army is invading. If somebody is coming to burn down your house and land, kill…

Umm, Harry Truman was a member too. I think you've got a lot of letters to write to school boards.

Don't get your different Klans mixed up. The early 20th Century KKK (which achieved its greatest popularity in... the North. oops) is the one most exclusively dedicated to white racial hegemony. The 1860s Klan was more of an extremist paramilitary offshoot of the Democratic party of the time, dedicated to…