Life and death

Our seminarians returned this morning from their trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the March For Life. Of our 70-some students, we had 35 go on the trip and at least 3 faculty members as well. Most of them have crashed in their rooms for the evening after a 15 hour bus ride. They deserve the rest, though, because of their courage to stand up for life.

Judge Alito was confirmed today by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The vote was along party lines, which is also what is likely to happen in the full Senate vote later this week. The liberals are already griping that this will shift the balance of the Supreme Court to the conservative side. Not only are they complaining, but they act as if the conservative views are somehow alien to our culture and that we are somehow betraying the people because of this.

I have a problem with the terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' anyway. Both elude to sterotypes that do not fully represent the beliefs and values of its people. For example, the current Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines liberal as someone who is: broad minded, especially one who is not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms. Whereas conservative is defined as someone who: tends to or is disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions. This does not represent either group well.

Before I close this blog entry, I did want to point out an interesting tidbit. An obsolete definition of liberal is the following: one who lacks moral restraint. Now THAT sounds like a more appropriate definition of liberal!!!

Until next time...God bless

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